Nanming Engineer

Chapter 165 Attack

The corpse of the middle officer was dragged behind the horse's ass, and a blood hole in the chest of the corpse was bleeding out. It looked like a sack in front of tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides. It passed in front of the formation of the two armies, and disappeared into the woods. up.

There was a moment of silence on the battlefield, and a burst of laughter erupted from the camp of white Kuizhou soldiers, unscrupulous.

In the red Wang Xiang's army, there was an embarrassing silence, and the soldiers looked at each other, a little frustrated.

Wang Xiang's face was ashen, staring at the place where the green smoke rose from the Kuizhou army formation, his teeth were clenched, and the hand holding the big knife was about to spew water. This is a real slap in the face. An insulting word, provocation and provocation.

This is called a scolding array. A high level of scolding can make the opponent choke and unable to speak, thus achieving the purpose of lowering morale. However, he did not expect that the Kuizhou soldiers would not accept this at all and just shot him. Put aside your own scolding.

Unruly, it is.

"Send the order, all the armies speed up to line up, the former army bird commander is in front, and the archers are in front, ready to attack!" From Wang Xiang's mouth, these words popped out.

The orderly under him immediately agreed loudly, and galloped down.

In Wang Xiang's army, a total of 5000 soldiers were divided into three armies, the front, the middle, and the rear, and the equipment of each army was different.

This is because after hundreds of years of development, the Ming army has formed a complete institutional system with a clear division of labor and different responsibilities. In the Chinese army, Wang Xiang's soldiers and horses originated from the He Tengjiao Department in Huguang. They belonged to the southern army, with fewer horses and more infantry. Compared with the northern army, their combat power was weaker. They paid attention to the coordination of various equipment, especially firearms, bows and crossbows. Therefore, there are more firearms and equipment, which can be regarded as a second-rate strong army in the towns of Nanming.

As the general of Zeng Ying, Wang Xiang's strange battalion is not as good as the main battalion of the general army, but it can't be said to be bad. There are five thousand battalions, five hundred bird commanders, one thousand saber players, one thousand archers, and two soldiers. A thousand pikemen and five hundred cavalry.

Among them, five hundred spearmen wear chain mail inside and armor on the outside, and they are the main soldiers. Five hundred cavalry are servants, wearing half-length waist armor. First.

Facing the Kuizhou soldiers, Wang Xiang lined up 500 people in the front according to the usual practice. The gunners are the central army, guarding by his side, and the five hundred cavalry are the rear army,
"Blow the trumpets and beat the drums!" Wang Xiang looked at the lineup of Kuizhou soldiers with a cold face and said with a sneer: "Send the order for the front troops to attack and kill them all with one drum!"

The Kuizhou soldiers on the opposite side also lined up a 500-man wide front. The first row of soldiers held rectangular wooden shields, and there were rows of long spears behind them. They seemed to be all long gunmen. Except for the man who just shot and killed the man who scolded the general, there was no one. Other soldiers equipped with firearms.

The key point is that there are very few cavalry in the Kuizhou army, and there are less than fifty horsemen swimming on the two wings, which are insignificant to the entire battle situation. tactics.

"First approach and shoot with bird commanders and archers, disrupting the front of the barbarians on the stone pillar, and the pikemen advance to within fifty paces of pressure, and the barbarians on the stone pillar will inevitably shrink, waiting for our army to charge. At this time, our cavalry will charge from their right flank. Go in, charge out from the left wing, penetrate their formation, the barbarians on the stone pillars will definitely be disrupted, and then the pikemen will take advantage of the chaos to charge, and the victory will be determined in one round!" Wang Xiang's fleshy face floated with a faint smile, dealing with this kind of attack. Silly savage, it seems that it won't take much effort.

The generals of the front army took the order and left. A moment later, a low trumpet sounded, and five hundred bird commanders ran out of the waiting army, formed a loose horizontal line, and slowly walked forward.

After Niao Tongshou ran twenty steps, a thousand archers lined up in two rows, followed behind Niao Tongshou, and walked out of the array with the same pace frequency.

The three rows of spearmen were still standing quietly. They and the two rows of sword players next to each other were the main force in melee combat. They had to wait until the bird commanders and archers achieved certain results before attacking according to the situation.

As soon as Niao Tong moved his hand, Wang Huan saw it. Standing on a platform transformed from a wooden carriage of a four-wheeled carriage, even though he was surrounded by thousands of troops, he could still have a panoramic view of every move on the opposite side.

"Wang Xiang's Bird Commander has started. This is the usual method of warfare in the towns of the Ming Dynasty. First, the Bird Commander releases firearms, and then the archers release arrows to disrupt the enemy's formation. Afterwards, the melee troops charge. Staying behind, it is estimated that we will directly attack our army's flanks after we have a frontal battle with his former army." Beside Wang Huan, Ma Wannian, Ma Long, and Chen et al. were also standing on the cart, staring and watching. Zu Bian was a veteran, and he saw Wang Xiang's plan at a glance.

"There is nothing wrong with the tactics. As long as the bird commanders and archers are brave enough to shoot and shoot arrows within a hundred steps, even if our army is protected by shields, we will be forced to attack immediately, otherwise we will always be passively beaten. Ma Long said in a deep voice. He and Ma Xintian followed Qin Liangyu to fight everywhere, and he also had his own view on the battlefield.

Wang Huan nodded, smiled and said: "He is deceiving that our army has no long-range weapons. Didn't the shot by the ancestors remind him?"

Ma Long stared at the Niaotong soldiers who were approaching in front of him, and said, "Your Excellency, I don't know, my white-armed soldiers have always been famous for their long spears. In the past, I have never used firearms in battles for the imperial court. Archers and crossbowmen are also rarely used. In the hearts of generals like Wang Xiang, the impression that white-armed soldiers only have spears and no shooters is deeply rooted. The bird commanders and archers he came over counted at least a thousand people, and they could easily suppress us, so even if General Zu Even if he shot and killed him just now, Wang Xiang would not pay attention."

Wang was happy, and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, let him have a long memory. If he can escape today, he will definitely remember the crossbow of my Kuizhou soldiers forever."

While the few people were talking, the loose bird commanders had slowly walked within a distance of two hundred steps. As the distance approached, the footsteps of the bird commanders became slower and slower, and the faces of the soldiers under the red-tasseled felt hats It was getting whiter and whiter, and many people had already picked up the bird handles in their hands, blowing on the matchlocks on their guns from time to time, secretly observing the sides to see if any companions had stopped.

The gunshot from the white-robed soldiers just now didn't feel much to Wang Xiang, but it was very different to the Niaotong who also used the Niaotong. ?
In previous battles, when the bird commander approached more than 100 steps away, he would start shooting noisyly. As soon as the opponent charged, he had to retreat quickly, retreating behind the swordsmen and pikemen to take the time to shoot. , extremely safe, even if you lose, you can escape the fastest because of the distance.

With the Bird Command in hand, the skirmishing Bird Command line was as slow as a turtle crawling. Everyone was waiting for the moment when the suona sounded. As soon as the suona sounded, everyone would shoot with their guns, and then they could retreat. .

The line of archers following them also slowed down. They understood the bird commander's thoughts very well. When the bird commander started shooting, they could also release arrows. In the end, everyone retreated together, and no one could try to pull anyone down.

Mr. Qian, who was walking on the right side of the Niaotong horizontal team, was also beating drums in his heart. Wang Xiang's order was very clear when he went out to fight. Poor ghosts with stone pillars may have only one, and by chance they shot and killed the middle officer who scolded the formation. It's no big deal, as long as they get close and put a round, they will surely kill a large number of them.

Mr. Qian knew the weapon in his hand very well. Although the shooting range of Niao Tong was hundreds of steps, if he wanted to shoot accurately and penetrate the wooden shield, he had to get within 500 steps. Otherwise, the gods would not know where the lead bullet would go, but Fifty steps away, even if there are infantry on the opposite side, as long as you can rush up without fear of dying after a round of guns, your [-] people will be in danger.

(End of this chapter)