"How can anyone fire like this?"

Several distinguished generals of the Military Observation Group of the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces watched the barrage of shells over their heads and whispered.

They didn't know much about the performance of the new bronze field gun, and they didn't participate in the discussion of countermeasures last night, so they subconsciously thought that the performance of the old gun was not much different, and it would take a long time to reload after firing a shot.

And it stands to reason that they all rely on the range advantage of artillery to strike at the enemy, and then let the shorter-range guns fire, isn't this order ridiculous?

It's like letting an archer shoot an arrow and then a cannonball (trebuchet) to smash a stone.

Chengguo Gong Zhu Neng kept observing and watching the landing point of the cannonball, but fell into deep thought.

"This national teacher is a bit interesting."

Zhu Neng turned his head to look at Jiang Xinghuo who was standing still on the earth platform, and suddenly smiled.

"What does Cheng Guogong mean by this?"

"You haven't read the indicators of the new artillery reported by the Inner Court Military Bureau and the Ministry of Industry Ordnance Bureau, these are highly confidential instructions from His Majesty, so it's not surprising that you don't understand it, but it's okay if you don't understand it, now it seems that even I don't understand this 'artillery straddle fire' method, but I took it for granted before, and thought that it was just the same tactics as the artillery truck."

Zhu Neng simply raised his hand and pointed to the artillery landing point in front of him, and said, "What did you find?" ”

Naturally, these noble generals are not eating dry food, even some of them have not fought much in the second and third generations of Hongwu founding heroes, they also have a bit of eyesight, they observed for a while, but also saw some clues.

"Huh? The landing point of the cannonball is arching forward, hitting farther and farther, what kind of play is this? ”

"And the speed at which the artillery is firing is not right, why haven't the shells stopped?"

Someone else silently calculated the firing frequency of the artillery, which was about half a pillar of incense (about 2.5 minutes), firing 5-6 shells (referring to the average rate of fire of cannons during the Thirty Years' War), although the diameter of the cannons was not large, but compared with the old artillery, the rate of fire was amazing enough.

"No wonder you have to get closer, if you don't get closer, you can't extend the artillery fire! The front and back of the White Lotus rebels were cut off by dense shells! ”

Someone exclaimed, and when the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield cleared slightly, and saw the White Lotus Sect rebels ploughed into two sections by artillery fire, the nobles of the Military Observation Group of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies finally reacted.

Due to its small caliber and short barrel, the light bronze field gun naturally had a less long range, farther than a traditional counterweight trebuchet, but the range was not much exaggerated.

Therefore, the artillery position that was erected in the rear camp of the earthen platform was also blocked by the earthen platform, the middle camp, the camp wall, and the recessed front camp in front of it.

Only when the White Lotus Sect drove the strong man rushing in was the best time to open fire.

And this distance has been calibrated long before the war, and the principle is the same as that of the artillery car.

The tactics of large-scale artillery attack and defense originated at the turn of the two Song dynasties, and the Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties were all experts, but there was no "artillery extension" This tactic fell into the eyes of the observation generals of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and naturally became the first initiative of the national teachers.

Previously, the Daming Royal Military Academy had just been created, and Jiang Xinghuo had served as the vice principal for a short time, and he started his trip to Jiangnan without making any achievements, so the nobles and military ministers were generally not optimistic about the military ability of the national teacher.

It's not incomprehensible to think about it from another perspective, a person who has never fought a war teaches you how to fight, do you obey?

At this time, they all looked at Jiang Xinghuo, and their eyes put away their previous contempt for Jiang Xinghuo's lack of military affairs.

Regardless of whether the national teacher really understands it, or pats his head correctly, anyway, this trick is used in actual combat, and the effect is really immediate!

Chengguo Gong Zhu Neng simply said to the guards beside him: "Take me to Liu Sheng and see the artillery position." ”

For Zhu Neng, there is no suspense at all in this war.

What is the difficulty of the Ming army fighting a counterinsurgency war? It's just a matter of whether you can win or not.

If Zhu Neng came to command, in fact, there would not be so many twists and turns at all, and the army would be pushed over directly.

And Jiang Xinghuo's extra move is just to cherish the lives of these people who will work in the factory in the future, and want to save it as much as possible. The direct artillery bombarded the infantry and lined up to kill, and then the cavalry followed and rushed to finish the matter.

In Zhu Neng's view, this style of play is equivalent to Jiang Xinghuo moving forward with a load, or in other words, to catch mice on the floor of a house full of porcelain bowls in Jingdezhen, it is really impossible to get along with himself, and it is far better to kill all the enemies at once.

However, since Jiang Xinghuo wants to do this, Zhu Neng does not have the command granted by Emperor Yongle, but it is not easy to take over the army, so he can only let it go, and see how Jiang Xinghuo can ensure a complete victory while rescuing the strong man who was taken as a hostage.

At the moment, Jiang Xinghuo has done quite well, reversing some of Zhu Neng's prejudice against him.

Jiang Xinghuo, who was standing on the handsome platform in military uniform, naturally saw the small movements of the Military Observation Group of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but he didn't care, but when Zhu Neng left the Tutai, he still looked sideways slightly.

But that's all, and he continued to stare intently at the battlefield ahead.

Of course, Jiang Xinghuo didn't need how accurate these relatively primitive bronze cannons were, but he could do salvo, straddle fire and artillery fire extension according to the pre-calibrated firing boundary, which was already completely in line with his requirements.

All this is naturally inseparable from the silent efforts of Liu Sheng, the artillery commander.

Being able to beat these field bronze cannons so neatly has the factors of Jiang Xinghuo's theoretical guidance on artillery, but more importantly, it is the diligent study and hard training of Liu Sheng and his subordinates.

"It is worthy of being the general who created the first large-scale artillery unit in China, and after this battle, he should ask Liu Sheng for credit." Jiang Xinghuo thought silently.

Principal Jiang has no hobby of micro-exercises, and when the battle is fought, it is Pingjiang Bo Chen Xuan who is constantly giving orders to control the Ming army.

Jiang Xinghuo didn't intend to disturb him, and turned his head to look at one of the Thousand Households official of the Water Master, who was also Chen Xuan's right-hand man.

"How's it going over there?"

"Ready, Master Guoshi, forgive your subordinates for talking too much"

Such a thousand household officials naturally have the power to admonish, he looked at the battlefield in the distance and hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Is there really no need to send sailors and soldiers ashore?" I'm afraid the pressure on the frontal battlefield is a bit too great, the shortcomings of the crane wing array are too obvious, the battle line is too long, and once it is broken through in sections, the whole army will be defeated. ”

"No, you don't."

Jiang Xinghuo shook his head while holding on to the knife, the long wind blew, and the scarlet cloak hunted.

On the other side of the platform, Zhu Gaoxu, who was leading a majestic horse, had already led the Ming army's 400 armored cavalry troops to prepare for battle.

The war horses were restlessly walking on the spot, and the sound of the "sighing rhythm" brought up the white mist of the early morning, and the auxiliaries were draping the war horses with curtain curtains, chicken necks, chest and other vest parts, as for the heaviest horse body armor, they could only be put on after receiving the order to attack, so as not to waste the physical strength of these war horses.

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The scene shifts to the frontal battlefield, where the front army of the White Lotus Sect is driving the strong men forward.

"Bang bang!" "Boom, boom!"

The cannonballs fell from the sky like meteors, smashing into the front line of the White Lotus Sect rebels, and the people who were smashed immediately exploded, accompanied by countless pieces of wood chips, mud and stones, and other items flying everywhere.

The White Lotus Sect rebel infantry, who was originally lined up in a relatively neat lineup outside the Ming army camp, some of them were unlucky, and they turned into piles of broken corpse fragments in an instant.

"Boom! Bang bang bang bang!! ”

The artillery fire was continuous, and the artillery bombardment of the Ming army directly destroyed the morale of the enemy's front army, and all this happened in too short a time, and the White Lotus Sect rebels had no time to react at all, so they were stunned by the shelling.

"The artillery of the Ming army can only fight one round, don't be afraid, rush over!"

Moreover, this is just the beginning, the rebels of the front army continued to rush forward, following more than 8,000 strong men to step over the collapsed camp wall of the Ming army, but only after dozens of breaths, followed by dozens of "meteors" flew in.

In the third and fourth rounds, the artillery fire began to gradually extend, although the hit rate of the artillery was not high, and there were no flowering shells, but the solid bullets and the subsequent bouncing damage alone made hundreds of rebels fall, wailing all over the field, miserable.

Li Wuliu's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and he heard many screams in his ears, and the rebels who rushed more fiercely were smashed to pieces by the shells.

Flames and gunpowder smoke rose from the area behind Li Wuliu, and the soldiers of the White Lotus Sect's former army, who were only half a beat slower than him, were blown away one after another, and the blood mist filled the nose with a strong smell of blood, which was disgusting.

In the eyes of Li Wuliu, who looked back, the dark area behind him was like a Shura hell, and these "shooting stars" were soul-seducing messengers who asked for their lives, and everywhere they passed, blood flowed like a river!

"Damn! How did the artillery of the Ming army fire so fast! ”

This situation made the White Lotus Sect rebels who wanted to speed up and catch up with the strong men in front of them couldn't help but stop.

And such a delay will be a major mistake!

The White Lotus Sect arranged for a lot of soldiers to blend into the ranks of the strong men, and also issued rudimentary weapons to some of the strong men, just to make the Ming army not know which people were the soldiers of the White Lotus Sect, so as to take advantage of the chaos to launch an attack.

In fact, Jiang Xinghuo's ruthlessness towards the night attack team in the county town made Bai Bai Yu hesitate about the established strategy of using the people as a meat shield to rush forward, Bai Yu was not sure that this move would make Jiang Xinghuo throw a mouse bogey, and he was not sure whether Jiang Xinghuo would command the battle himself, if any of these two points could not be achieved, then the strong team, in fact, would only have the effect of consuming projectiles.

But Bai Bai Yu didn't have a choice, it was precisely because of the above concerns, if he didn't take advantage of the advantage of his strength to launch an attack, Bai Bai Yu didn't know whether Jiang Xinghuo would choose to sit back and watch these people starve to death in the camp, and he would stick to the camp and wait for the arrival of reinforcements and reinforcements If this is the case, then the White Lotus Sect has not much chance of winning, and it will be reduced to a pitiful level, so Bai Baiyu must take the initiative to attack, and he must also attack the camp of the Ming army.

Of course, Bai Baiyu's poisonous plan, no matter how the Ming army responds, in his opinion, he will win.

It's like Qin Shi Huang eating peppercorns - winning hemp!

And the strange countermeasures of the Ming army at the moment made Bai Baiyu, who was commanding the rebels of the White Lotus Sect in the back, fall into panic.

Yes, panic.

It was completely beyond his expectations, in Bai Baiyu's opinion, the Ming army either killed these strong men and wasted projectiles and delayed firepower, so as to create an opportunity for his soldiers hidden in the strong men's ranks; Either weakly allow these strong men to create large-scale chaos in the Ming army camp.

But the Ming army took the initiative to destroy its own camp wall and invited you to enter the "urn" city, and used intensive artillery fire to cut off the strong man and drive away the former army of the White Lotus Sect, this kind of operation, Bai Bai Yu never dreamed of!

Of course, Bai Baiyu knew that the artillery of the Ming army had a fast rate of fire, but he was limited by the limitations of the times, and he never imagined that the artillery group could actually play the tactic of "barrage Xu Jin"!

Bai Bai Yu watched the eight thousand strong men and the White Lotus priests mixed in with it enter the camp of the Ming army, while his front army was cut off outside, but he didn't have time to make any commands, how to command? The front poured in, but the back couldn't keep up, which meant that the communication soldiers couldn't go up, and the organization of the White Lotus Sect, no one looked at the flag at all, and it was completely out of touch.

"Sect Master, what should I do?"

Bai Baiyu's heart was sinking little by little, and he suddenly felt that the eight thousand strong men he drove away were afraid that the dishes he had brought to his mouth would not come back.

Bai Baiyu was silent, and said reluctantly: "The brothers mixed in are all brave people, and the walls in the Ming army camp are not high, so there is still a chance to break through the defense of the Ming army!" ”

However, although he said so, Bai Bai Yu no longer had much expectation from those White Lotus Priests who were mixed in the eight thousand strong men.

Bai Yu's gaze shifted to the army beside him.

I have to say that Bai Baiyu and the high-level generals of the White Lotus Sect are not stupid, some of them have participated in the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan, although the level can be called "village fighting", but the basic battle planning ability is still there.

In their imagination, there are indeed several possibilities for the Ming army to avoid the strong men used as meat shields, one of which is the method of spreading through the two wings, which is also the current countermeasure of the Ming army.

And as the Qianhu official said, in fact, as long as anyone with a little military common sense knows, the crane wing formation is not a perfect formation, this formation is easy to be brute-forced, that is, like eating roast chicken, grabbing the chicken wings and tearing them directly.

The wings are the two wings of the crane wing array, and now although Bai has given seven thousand strong men and some soldiers, the advantage is that the Ming army, whether active or passive, has been divided into two parts, the left and right wings!

And the White Lotus Sect's left, right, middle and rear armies sandwiched in the middle, it seems that they are being beaten on both sides, but in fact, the way to break the game is also hidden in it.

The rebels of the White Lotus Sect only need to concentrate their forces to attack any wing of the Ming army, once the defensive ability and numerical superiority exceed the firepower projection of the Ming army's firepower and achieve the end of the battle, then the odds of victory will be greatly increased!

Beside Bai Tianyu, it was a "shield army" that had gathered thousands of door panels, deliberately double-thickened and nailed them, and wrapped them in wet quilts outside!

The regular army has the methods of the regular army, and these rebels also have their own local methods, although the methods are a little dirty, but there is no doubt that the "double door panel + wet quilt" can resist the guns of the guns to a large extent.

And in addition, Bai Baiyu also has a hole card in his hand, that is, a very small cavalry force with only about a hundred people, well, if these bantam horses and mules can also be regarded as cavalry.

But although the tools of riding are not very good, the quality of these cavalry is okay, and there are even more than a dozen Japanese samurai participating in the battle.

In fact, most people have the impression that the Yuan Dynasty's cross-sea conquest of Japan was that of Mongol light cavalry against Japanese infantry armed with katanas.

But in reality, the real battle was the opposite, with the Yuan Dynasty army, which was dominated by Korean and Southern Song infantry, against Japanese samurai on short horses, armed with bows and spears.

The Japanese samurai, in this era, really loved mounted archery.

"Sect Master, when will they let them go?"

"Wait."

Bai Bai Yu looked at the battlefield in front that had been cut off, and the battle between the two wings was seesawing, but he calmed down.

The White Lotus Sect has a large number of soldiers and can afford to die, so he can continue to consume, while Bai Baiyu is waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to crush any direction on the left and right flanks of the Ming army.

Now the left and right flanks of the Ming army rely on the "three-stage strike" tactics to maintain the battle line, but as time goes by, the guns of their guns will become hot, people will be tired, gunpowder and lead bullets will be consumed, but there are many, many soldiers of the White Lotus Sect.

Therefore, Bai Bai Yu thinks that now is not the time for a decisive victory, and in order to prepare for today's battle, he also hides a card.

Bai Tianyu's eyes looked at the Ming Army Water Village in the distance.

If the partial division led by Zhang Long of the Qinglong Gang can burn down the Ming army's water village, and after landing, it will make a detour to the side to attack the Ming army, at that time, Bai Bai Yu will put all the hole cards in his hand in one fell swoop, crush any wing of the Ming army, and the balance of victory in the battle will be greatly tilted in the direction of the White Lotus Sect.

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"Where's the reinforcements?!"

"Why don't the people behind rush forward!"

In the front camp of the Ming army, the White Lotus priests hidden in the ranks of the strong men fell into deep despair.

Obviously, they had realized that they were in trouble - the recessed piece of the Ming army's camp constituted the trap form of the urn city, so that they couldn't even rush now.

Even in such a difficult situation, even if these strong men have all squatted on the ground with their heads held like quails, they still bravely used the hooks in their hands, as well as the bamboo ladders and other props that the strong men were required to carry, as climbing tools, and carried out a tough battle.

Although the barracks of the Ming army were built according to the marching standards, it was not an insurmountable barrier for these green forest heroes who could go high and high on the walls of large families.

Moreover, the main force of the Ming army, out of 6,000 people, has 3,600 people distributed on the left and right flanks outside the camp wall (1,800 people each), 400 heavy cavalry, 300 artillery, and 800 reserves, a total of 1,500 troops, are waiting by Jiang Xinghuo's side at the moment, and in addition, there are only a few hundred people who can defend on the "concave" camp wall.

These hundreds of people, who don't have any thermal weapons at hand, but have to defend the long camp wall, of course, is long, originally only needed to defend one side, but now they have to defend on three sides, so naturally it seems that the troops are a little thin.

This is also the reason why most of the generals of the Ming army, including Liu Sheng, did not expect to put these strong men who were used as meat shields into the camp.

If there is no "barrage blocking" of a powerful artillery group, then as long as the backup can keep up, Bai Tianyu's method will easily succeed.

But now the shells are falling like torrential rain without money, relying on the pre-marked firing range, separating the front army of Bailian from these 8,000 strong men, and the front and rear cannot work together, relying on the soldiers mixed in the strong men, it is impossible to break through the camp of the Ming army head-on.

There are no hot weapons, and the cold weapons of the Ming army are not weak.

As a matter of fact, the "concave" type barracks were not without any benefits, and at the very least, the cross-fire of the Ming army could be fully guaranteed.

At this time, no one cares whether they will be injured by mistake, anyway, most of the strong men are squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands, and those who dare to resist are the enemies, these enemies are extremely harmful and have to be removed.

After all, in fact, the Ming army has saved the lives of the vast majority of these 8,000 people, and the soldiers are in danger, and there are really dozens or dozens of people who have been injured by mistake, and there is really nothing to do.

"Free arrows!" A general of the Ming army wearing armor raised his long knife and shouted.

"Whoosh ......"

Not too dense, but quite accurate arrows flew out in an instant, cutting black lines through the air, aiming directly at the White Lotus Sect rebel soldiers who dared to climb the camp with hooks and bamboo ladders.

Since these Ming archers and crossbowmen were left on the camp wall, they were naturally accurate, and their accuracy was extremely high, and when they shot these pseudo-fixed targets at close range (they could only move up and down a rope or ladder), almost one out of every three arrows could hit the target, taking the life of a rebel soldier.

During this period, Chen Xuan, the Pingjiang Bo who was in charge of the command, also mobilized a part of the reserves, and hundreds of Ming soldiers rushed up to the camp wall with spears and axes, and stabbed wildly at the White Lotus Sect soldiers who dared to climb up.

"Puff puff!"

Blood splattered and howled.

"Rush forward! The first to get a reward of 1,000 yuan! The leader of the White Lotus Sect's rebels, who was mixed in the ranks of the strong men, raised his long sword and roared loudly.

There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and the rest of the hidden White Lotus Sect rebels immediately reacted, and they organized groups of people according to their respective gang affiliations, relatives and distances, trying to resist those arrows that came from them, and braved the long pole weapons of the Ming army to stab them on the camp wall and open up the situation.

After all, the camp wall of the Ming army is really not very high, and it really looks full of hope.

However, although these green forest heroes in the White Lotus Sect rebels are brave and good at fighting, they lack basic protective equipment, and it is good to have a round shield, and the armor rate is basically zero, and because these rebels are basically newly recruited, they are completely based on the groups before they join the group, and there is no unified command at all.

Due to the lack of sufficient equipment and perfect organization, the White Lotus rebels who tried to ascend the base did not hold out for long, and only rushed in a few waves, and then quickly fell into despair and collapse.

"Withdraw! Evacuate! Go back and ask the Master! The leader of the White Lotus Sect's rebels shouted at the top of his voice.

Although they desperately attacked and tried to get to the base, they had failed many times in the face of the blows of the crossbows on the wall of the Ming army's camp, and if they continued, they would definitely be doomed.

Soon, these White Lotus Sect rebels who were hiding in the ranks of the strong men began to retreat, trying to leave the battlefield and return to the rear to join the front army of the White Lotus Sect.

It seems that they have a chance, after all, the artillery fire has extended forward (for the Ming artillery) to the front of the "concave" type barracks, and these White Lotus rebels who poured into the barracks can pass through from the gap between the artillery fire and the left and right flanks of the Ming army with a little detour.

Unfortunately, it was already late.

Just when the remnants of their army were defeated and retreated to the scorched earth that had just been shot out by the shells.

"Put!"

The hundred households of the Ming army, who were in charge of the twenty-four bed crossbows on the front camp wall, shouted.

"Woo Woo Blah ......"

Rows of arrows with the thickness of children's arms, no, it should be more appropriate to describe them as short spears, these short spears pierced the air and shot in the direction of the White Lotus Sect rebels, and in an instant, the screams and wails resounded throughout the four fields, and people were constantly crucified on the spot.

In this era of alternating hot and cold weapons, the power of the bed crossbow is still huge, penetrating the human body like a string of sugar gourds, often able to tie two or three White Lotus Sect rebels together, or disemboweling someone and nailing them directly to the ground with huge inertia.

Under the interception of the crossbow on the wall of the Ming military camp, this remnant army was defeated, and seeing that the whole army was about to be wiped out, he ran out lifelessly.

"Stop them! Don't let the enemy run away! Seeing this, the general of the Ming army at the head of the city hurriedly ordered.

The sound of rows of bowstrings being pulled apart rang out, and arrows rained down on the backs of the rebels.

The bed crossbows, crossbowmen, and archers on the front of the camp wall temporarily gave up their support for the relatively stable left and right flank fronts, and began to strangle the remnants of the retreating army from the front camp of the Ming army with all their might.

"Puff~!"

Under the frightened gaze of the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, one by one their companions fell to the ground and died, and in a short period of time, nearly a thousand White Lotus Sect soldiers who had mixed into the ranks of the strong men were still six or seven hundred when they withdrew, and after being set on fire by the arrows on both sides, there were suddenly less than half of the number left.

"It's over. It's all over! The legs of the leader of the White Lotus Sect who led the team couldn't help but tremble, and his face was full of shock, panic, and confusion.

However, at this moment, almost invariably, the generals who were watching and commanding the battle on both sides became nervous.

"Which kills the order? Damn it! ”

Chen Xuan, who was dispatching the army, was furious, the remnants of the White Lotus Sect were defeated, for the overall situation of the battlefield, it was insignificant, only need to maintain the two wings of the crane wing array, and then pacify the strong men who were driven into the camp, and then throw out the hole cards, this battle is a complete victory, a big victory!

And it was a perfect victory that saved the hostages and killed all the bandits!

But with the greedy actions of the generals of the Ming army at the head of the city, the long-range projection combat power that was originally used to support the two wings of the city head became instantly dumb.

It's going to kill you!

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the comparison is who makes fewer mistakes, and although this mistake is small, if the opponent catches it, it will be very fatal!

The Ming army was about to be forced to use reserves in advance.

But this is like playing cards on both sides, the first person to throw out the big cards in his hand, if there is no wave of stud, no hole cards, then to be connected to death!

The White Lotus Sect rear army, Bai Baiyu, who was building a pergola to observe the situation on the battlefield, was suddenly overjoyed.

If the Ming army took the initiative to make a mistake, then he didn't have to wait for the roundabout Qinglong Gang Zhang Long's department to launch an attack in the direction of Shuizhai.

There is another consideration here, that is, regardless of whether the Ming army divides its forces to defend the water village, it is cost-effective for the White Lotus Sect rebels with more frontal troops.

The Ming army divided its troops, and the number of troops on the frontal battlefield was small; The Ming army did not divide its troops, and Zhang Long was easy to succeed, and then landed in a roundabout way, swept the rear of the Ming army, and laid the victory.

"No waiting!"

Bai Bai Yu made a quick decision.

"Immediately order, the heavy infantry to charge the Ming army in front of the left flank of our army (the right flank of the Ming army's perspective) to carry out a frontal pin and cover the attack of friendly forces."

"Whoa!" The herald took the order and departed.

Then, Bai Baiyu looked at a Japanese samurai riding a Mongolian bantam beside him and said on the horse.

"The cavalry is getting ready to attack."

Dressed in Japanese armor, carrying a large bow, a spear in his hand, and two jagged katana swords hanging from his waist, the Japanese samurai was originally dressed in a very imposing manner, but with his short height and the Mongolian bantam horse under his crotch, which was only less than one person tall, it looked a little funny.

However, at this moment, Bai Yu did not mean to despise the other party, but instead dismounted and solemnly bowed ninety degrees to the Japanese samurai, and said:

"Whether you can break the formation in one fell swoop, please ask Your Excellency Ogasawara!"

Ogasawara pulled down his visor and said solemnly.

"Your Excellency, please rest assured, I will do my best!"

"Hmm!"

Bai Baiyu nodded, then turned on his horse and continued to command the battle.

At the same time, a group of armor-clad subordinates had gathered on Ogasawara from all sides, and among them were more than a dozen Japanese samurai, most of whom were Akito, and they were the few who knew how to fight cavalry.

Ogasawara nodded in response with a solemn expression, and at the same time drew his katana and pointed forward, saying in a Chinese with a strong Japanese accent: "Prepare for battle!" ”

Hearing the words of the cavalry captain, the hundred horsemen that the White Lotus Sect had barely pieced together formed several neat formations with Ogasawara as the arrow, ready to follow him towards the Ming army's position at any time.

Originally, on the left-wing front, the rebels of the White Lotus Sect, who did not continue to invest in increasing their troops, were not optimistic.

The White Lotus Church Lord and the helmsman in charge of the command were all anxious, in their opinion, the Ming Army's three-stage attack looked like that, but the arquebus was faster than the fire gun in the Mu Ying era, so the Ming Army's Fire Gun phalanx almost never stopped.

Just when I was thinking about whether to ask for reinforcements from the sect master, Bai Yu's support arrived.

Hundreds of heavy infantry in armor, carrying rudimentary shields, reached the left flank.

Although they are known as "heavy infantry" in the White Lotus Sect, in fact, the vast majority of people only wear a layer of leather armor, and the iron armor is pitiful, not to mention any armor and Mingguang armor.

Moreover, the "oar shield" in their hands is nothing more than a double door panel and a wet quilt, of course, the door panel is all made of wood, and it is not a good wood.

But even then, their momentum is enough to bluff.

This group of heavy infantry was like an invincible iron tower formation, standing in front of the White Lotus Sect's left flank position.

Of course, these heavy infantry are not in the real sense, just like the Jin people and the Mongols who rushed in and killed the four directions, this kind of positioning is a "defensive" heavy soldier, which can only be said to be a little more advanced cannon fodder.

However, even if it was just cannon fodder, it still blocked the lead bullets that were frantically suppressed by the right wing of the Ming army (the left wing of the White Lotus Sect), which reduced the losses of the left front of the White Lotus Sect a lot.

Seeing this, the owners of the White Lotus Church, who had been hesitant, immediately became excited: Save!

The heavy infantry of the White Lotus Sect held the huge door panel, while the rest of the soldiers cowered behind the heavy door panel and slowly advanced, the lead bullet hit the double door panel wrapped in a wet quilt, which could cause penetration at a distance of seventy paces, but the killing effect was not significant.

At the end of the strong crossbow, it is difficult to wear Lu Mian.

"Puff puff!"

The debris of cotton and wood flew one after another, and as the distance approached, more and more White Lotus Sect heavy infantry were pierced through the door panel, and the casualties were getting bigger and bigger, but these believers who were brainwashed by Bai Tianyu showed amazing willpower.

They muttered "no mother, vacuum hometown", closed their eyes and rushed forward, blocking the Ming army's dense firearms and lead bullets on the periphery.

At the same time, as the distance between the two sides approached, the archers of the White Lotus Sect also gained more shooting distance, and a large number of arrows also flew over, dealing a suppressive blow to the Ming army.

"Kill!"

Seeing that there was only the last thirty steps left to charge, a White Lotus Sect rebel hall master from the green forest suddenly became ruthless, roared, raised his knife and rushed forward, and the hundreds of White Lotus priests beside him saw this, and they also followed with a roar, trying to help the hall master break the interception of the Ming army's firepower.

It's just that as soon as they broke away from the protection of the big shield and rushed up, they were hit head-on by the Ming army's gunners, and for a while, the blood flashed, and the corpses lay on the ground.

The Ming army used Jiang Xinghuo's improved version of the "three-stage strike" tactic, which is considered the rudimentary tactics of the line infantry, which belongs to the rotational shooting, not that it cannot be fired in a salvo like in modern military movies, such as the first row squatting low, the second row is second, and the third row is completely standing, but in the era of arquebuses, this tactic is not beautiful, and it is easy to hurt the collarbone of the soldiers in the back row or the hands or arms of the soldiers in the second row when shooting.

Therefore, the most common way of playing is still used, that is, the platoon firing method is row after row, but due to the increased rate of fire of the arquebus, the three rows of soldiers (in fact, the six rows of formations) can basically maintain the battle line and provide a continuous fire offensive.

The Lord of the White Lotus Church gritted his teeth and scolded angrily: "Your grandmother's Ming dog, Lao Tzu wants to kill you all!" ”

"Woo Woo ......"

As he spoke, a buckshot suddenly flew from the front.

"Be careful!" The brothers beside him yelled in horror.

However, the reminder was a little late after all.

"Bang!" Buckshot burst into the head of the White Lotus Sect Master, and a cloud of blood mist rose up, and immediately a stream of bright red liquid erupted from the White Lotus Sect's rebel Hall Master's head.

Zhu Yong put down the smoking arquebus in his hand and shook his head.

"Originally, it was aimed at the lower abdomen, and thirty steps were outrageously crooked."

It is true that the spear shot the first bird, but the reinforcement troops of the White Lotus Sect to the left flank are not all such reckless men, relying on the hard resistance of the oar shield, although in the end, the oar and shield were basically broken, but they still succeeded in shortening the distance with the Ming army front to twenty steps.

The long-range projection on the camp wall is simply a drop in the bucket and will not help.

More than 1,600 people on the right flank of the Ming army are in danger!

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On the Shuai platform, due to the high cushion and good vision, most people saw through the smoke of the battlefield that the White Lotus Sect rebels were almost desperate to put their forces into the right wing of the Ming army (the left wing of the White Lotus Sect), and completed the approach, and the Ming army's fire and gun front was about to be unsustainable.

Yes, all or nothing! Although the quality of the White Lotus Priest's pawn is not worth mentioning, at the moment, the other party has used all the reserves that were originally in his hands, and nearly 8,000 people have pounced on the right wing of the Ming army, which has less than 2,000 people!

Chen Xuan, Pingjiang Bo, who was in charge of commanding the battlefield, looked at Zhu Gaoxu, who had been preparing for a long time, and the reserve of the eight hundred firearms soldiers left in the camp by Jiang Xinghuo.

Jiang Xinghuo never interfered with Chen Xuan's command from beginning to end, but at this critical moment, it can even be said that it is the moment to decide whether it is a complete victory or not, and Jiang Xinghuo's opinion has to be consulted.

Yes, in Chen Xuan's opinion, with the quality of the Ming army, even if a wing is cut off, there is a high probability that it will not necessarily be defeated, but will pay a certain price in a white-knuckle battle to defeat these rebels.

After all, the other party can be regarded as throwing all the reserves up, and the Ming army still has four hundred heavy cavalry and eight hundred fire soldiers in their hands, which is enough to defeat the other party, but it will not be so beautiful.

"National teacher?"

The eyes of all the generals on the handsome stage looked at Jiang Xinghuo, and everyone almost pinched a cold sweat in their palms at this time.

Tang Yin looked at this calm and unhurried Ming National Teacher, and just put himself in his shoes and thought about what kind of mountain pressure he would face at this time, he was already a little out of breath.

But Jiang Xinghuo just looked up at the sky, of course he was not in a daze, but looking at the flag of the hot air balloon in the sky.

"Ping Jiangbo, you can give the order for a general attack, but my suggestion is to wait for a dozen breaths, if the Flying Eagle Guard has information back, it will be safer." Jiang Xinghuo said.

On the handsome stage, there was a dead silence.

It's been a long time.

Until Chen Xuan couldn't help but give an order, the hot air balloon that overlooked the battlefield on his head finally slid down a bag along the tow rope, which contained a map of the battlefield drawn in time, and also gave a flag.

Across the huge battlefield, the hot air balloon captured an important piece of information that could not be seen by the ground commander by virtue of its altitude advantage.

- The only small cavalry of the White Lotus Sect has already been dispatched, and is trying to outflank the rear of the Ming army's right flank by making a detour, which has become extremely weak due to the excessively long battle line.

Jiang Xinghuo and Chen Xuan looked at each other and smiled, and Chen Xuan tacitly pulled Jiang Xinghuo in front of him.

Jiang Xinghuo did not hesitate and pulled out the long knife in his hand.

"The generals will listen to the order and break the formation and kill the thief!"

"The general is mighty!"

"The Ming army wins!"

The words fell, the roar like a tsunami sounded, and seeing the friendly forces fighting on the front line, the two reserves of the Ming army, which had been suppressed for a long time, finally got the opportunity and began to act quickly like a beast out of the cage.

The Ming army reserve was like a tide, rushing from Shuaitai to the right side of the Ming army camp.

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On the battlefield on the right flank of the Ming army, the extremely long Ming army gunners drawn by the front have come to their darkest moment.

The enemies all over the mountains and fields flocked to them like ants in the dark.

The distance was no longer enough for them to continue firing lead bullets, so they could only load their knives, line up in close formations, and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy with the assistance of the sword and shield men who were responsible for suppressing and protecting the formation on both sides of each phalanx.

Of course, hand-to-hand combat did not mean the defeat of the Ming army.

Contrary!

They are the Ming army, the invincible Ming army in the world!

Even if they don't have the long-range strike ability of the firecracker, in terms of fighting will, tactical coordination, and white-edged combat skills and tactical level, they are still far stronger than these improvised rebels on the opposite side!

"Kill!"

With a deafening roar, the two sides were intertwined.

Blood splattered from the bodies of the soldiers on both sides and spilled all over the ground, making the already cruel battlefield even more bloody and terrifying......

"Poof—"

With the muffled sound of sharp weapons piercing the skin, several firecrackers at the front of the Ming army's right flank phalanx fell.

Looking at his fallen brothers, the leader of the small flag shouted: "Piercing! ”

When the rest of the musketeers heard this, they raised their firearms one after another, and their knives formed a forest of steel that shimmered with cold light, and they followed the commander and rushed towards the enemy in a neat formation.

Facts have proved that even if the distance is narrowed to the white-knuckle battle, even if there is a huge disparity in strength, under the careful organization and ferocious offensive of the Ming army, the rebels on the opposite side still cannot be stopped.

Obviously, there were fewer people and more people, but one after another the rebels fell in a pool of blood.

Often killing a Ming soldier, the White Lotus Sect rebels need to pay the price of eight or nine or even more than ten people.

This is the end result of the combination of differences in armor, training, discipline, physical fitness, skill and many other factors.

The whole land seemed to be dyed red with blood, and the thick blood almost gathered into a stream, winding along the battle line.

It's tragic, it's tragic.

Even the air seemed to be filled with a strong smell of blood.

At this moment, just as the right flank of the Ming army withstood the pressure by relying on white-knuckle combat, the left flank of the Ming army also began to turn to attack and support friendly forces due to the determination of the enemy's main attack direction.

A hurried sound of horses' hooves sounded, and several hundred household officials of the Ming army looked back at the sound.

I saw dust and smoke billowing in the distance, and more than a hundred horses galloped forward, all of which were cavalrymen wearing armor and bows at their waists.

The leader was short but extremely strong, wearing a round helmet, silver-gray chain mail, and a golden gong on his chest as a heart guard.

Seeing that the fight was off to a good start, Ogasawara held a spear in his hand, raised one arm above his head, and shouted:

"Onboard—"

The dozen or so Japanese samurai behind him also began to whip the horses vigorously, and they all shouted wildly, and the people of the White Lotus Sect behind them were also greatly encouraged.

The spears and sabers in their hands bent down as the bantam accelerated, and they were clamped between their wrists and elbows to form the most stable force arm.

These people, quietly and extremely patiently, bypassed most of the battlefield, and detoured back to the flank and rear of the right flank of the Ming army, like a dangerous poisonous snake, lurking in the grass for a long time, and finally waited for an opportunity for the enemy to relax his vigilance and kill with one blow, so he spit out the letter and pounced!

In fact, it was precisely because the battle line was extremely tight that the scout cavalry on the right flank of the Ming army had to send half of it into the battle line as an obstacle, while the remaining half was scattered all over the long battle line, and even played the role of a communication soldier, so it was too late to assemble for a countercharge!

Looking at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer, the commanders of the right flank of the Ming army looked extremely ugly.

They all know how much harm this cavalry, which is nothing at all in normal times, can do at this time!

The timing of these guys is too terrible, once they rush into the battle group, the Ming army under their command is flanked from front to back, and they will definitely not last long!

But......

It's too late to retreat now.

Seeing the White Lotus Sect cavalry rushing from behind the Ming army, the cheers of the rebels resounded in the sky, and their morale skyrocketed with the arrival of these people and others.

The formation, which had been scattered by the Ming army, was reorganized and became more and more stable, gradually forcing the counter-charging Ming army to retreat, and pushing forward a lot.

Just when everyone thought that the balance of victory began to tilt in favor of the White Lotus Sect rebels, and even Bai Yu's face showed a long-lost smile, suddenly, the earth began to tremble.

The rear camp gate of the right wing of the Ming army was wide open, and hundreds of heavily armored cavalry appeared on the battlefield in a neat formation.

The iron rider was like thunder, and it came suddenly.

(End of chapter)