Valley Emperor

If you look closely at the battle between the two sides on the city wall, you will find that although people on both sides fell and screamed, it is obvious that more people fell from the Ming army!

The reason is simple!

The new army of the Tang Dynasty is condescending, and there is a city wall as protection!

And the Ming army under the city has no cover at all, and the only thing that can be used as a bunker is the body of a comrade-in-arms.

In addition to the geographical advantages, there is also a very important point that most of the spearmen fighting in the front row of the Datang New Army are heavily armored spearmen.

The equipment can be said to be extremely well-equipped, and the Ming army spearmen who fought against them were all ordinary guard soldiers. They did not have heavy armor on their bodies. But most of their armors belong to middle and low-level officers and the officers' personal soldiers. As for ordinary soldiers, don't expect to wear armor worth dozens of taels of silver.

However, most of the armors in the new army of the Tang Dynasty were used intensively. Except for a small number of heavy armored swords and shields, most of the armors were assigned to the heavy armored spearmen, and because many armors of the Ming army were seized, although the armor was still In short supply, but enough is enough.

Ordinary unarmored Ming army spearmen fought against the condescending and heavily armored Datang new army spearmen. It would be **** if they could get benefits.

But unfortunately, there are not many heavy armored spearmen in the new army of the Tang Dynasty!

Today, there are actually two types of spearmen in the new army of the Tang Dynasty. One is the heavily armored spearmen in the first row of the array. They are fully armored and hold spears. Their tasks are very simple. , holding a spear to block the enemy's charge, the number of these heavily armored spearmen will not be many, a spear team has six platoons, only one row is a heavy armored spearman, and the rest are light armored spears hand.

Light-armored spearmen, who wear leather armor or simply pure cotton armor, have some defensive power against bows and arrows at medium and long distances, but their defensive power is quite low against stabbing weapons, such as enemy spears.

However, there is no way for the defense to be low, because the armor on the heavy armored spearmen is too expensive, and the cost of the armor alone costs twenty or thirty taels of silver. Li Xuan simply cannot make the entire army use the spearmen. Armor can only be used for the most dangerous and most elite spearmen in the front row with heavy armor, and most spearmen are light armor.

At the same time, these spearmen will also be equipped with a waist knife, which is used to fight in situations where the spear cannot be used.

Therefore, to a certain extent, in fact, the spearmen of the new army of the Tang Dynasty can be transformed into sword and shield hands in minutes, and the heavy armored spearmen can turn into heavy armored sword and shield hands by putting down their spears. The light-armored spearman can turn into a light-armored sword and shield when he puts down his spear.

Of course, even if they temporarily become sword and shield hands, the combat effectiveness of these spearmen cannot be compared with that of professional sword and shield hands, because the daily training focus of the two is different, and the sword and shield hands have different personal abilities for soldiers. , especially the fighting ability is still more important.

As for spearmen, they pay more attention to collective action, and only uniform movements can maintain a dense phalanx of spears.

It can only be used temporarily as a spearman and used as a sword and shield.

And now, many of the spearmen of the new Tang army on the city head have become sword and shield players, because some Ming troops rushed to the city head.

Naturally, the incoming Ming army could not have only spearmen and artillerymen. In fact, more sword and shield soldiers were the main force. Most of them were armorless, only holding an iron sword, and even no shield. cannon fodder.

But as a standard Ming army guard unit, they naturally have elites!

That is the army composed of middle and low-level officers, as well as the generals' personal soldiers and family members. The number of these people is not very large. Even in this Ming army of more than 2,000 people, there are only a hundred or so people.

And the combat power of these hundred or so people is more than the other two thousand.

These Ming soldiers who were able to rush to the city head in the first time were naturally all heavy armored swordsmen and shields, and they should be the personal soldiers and family members of the Ming army generals, such as those who were still crowded outside the city wall. The guardsmen can be said to be completely different.

When they rushed up, the spearmen who resisted face to face also dropped their spears at the first time, and then picked up their shields and waist knives to meet them.

Otherwise, let these elite heavy armored swordsmen and shields of the Ming army rushing to the city head tear the defense line and establish a stable city head position, then the consequences are unimaginable.

Therefore, although their own troops also have special heavy armored swords and shields, many heavy armored spearmen also dropped their spears for the first time, and then used their shields and waist knives to meet the enemy.

Upstairs at the city gate, battalion commander Wang Chaofeng of the Fifth Infantry Battalion, who had been quietly observing the development of the battle, was not panicked because the enemy had already rushed to the front of the city.

In fact, although a few people of the Ming army have already rushed to the city, but for the huge battlefield, the impact is not great!

The development of the current battle situation is still under his control!

As a Royal Guard officer from the Royal Academy, Wang Chaofeng was promoted from captain to battalion commander last month. Although this promotion speed cannot be compared with Hao Bainian, Li Chunjing and Fang Xitong, it is not slow. .

Today, there are only a dozen regular infantry battalions in the Datang New Army. As the battalion commander of these more than a dozen regular infantry battalions, Wang Chaofeng can be said to have surpassed a large group of colleagues and become one of the senior officers in the Datang New Army.

In this way, he naturally has the ability, otherwise Li Xuan would not have been promoted to battalion commander.

He patrolled the entire battlefield, and after half a moment said to the messenger behind him: "Grenade preparation!"

Before reinforcing the Bronze Drum Guards, he asked for about fifty grenades from the regiment to increase the melee firepower. Although he said that there was no regular grenadier unit in his 5th Infantry Battalion, the grenade was a thing that was ignited. Just throw it out, and it goes without saying that you have to be a grenadier to use it.

Of course, ordinary soldiers cannot throw grenades far enough, and it is certain that they are prone to accidents.

In the defensive operations in the past few days, he had endured not using this batch of grenades. That was because the first few attacks of the Ming army were tentative attacks, although he had also approached the city wall several times and climbed the low-lying ground. Chengtou, but the follow-up attack of the Ming army was weak and was quickly repelled.

But now, Wang Chaofeng has already seen it, and the Ming army obviously has not kept their hands, but launched a general attack.

More than 2,000 Ming troops attacked, and if one did not do well, it was really possible that they would break the Bronze Drum Fortress.

Therefore, he also decided not to stay.

These fifty grenades were a great gift he prepared for the Ming army outside the city!

After Wang Chaofeng's order was passed down, most of the musketeers on the city head picked up the grenade, ready to set it on fire and throw it down.

At the same time, on a small dirt **** outside the city, the main generals of the Ming army, all commanding things, Qiu Yu was also in the haze of a few days ago, showing a smile!

It was really frustrating to play a few days ago, but after receiving follow-up reinforcements today, he just decided that he couldn't wait any longer and wanted to play a general attack.

The army in the rear was about to enter Liping Mansion, and as a forward general, he was actually blocked by the small bronze drum guard in front of him for three days. The adults above were already very dissatisfied with him. Today, there are still others who arrived with the reinforcements. Letters from his immediate superiors, all commanding envoys.

Although the letter did not express dissatisfaction, it also expressed concern about his delay in conquering the Tonggu Guards, and even vaguely expressed a meaning, that is, if Qiu Yu could not win the Tonggu Guards, he would wait two more days and he would die. He will come in person and lead the army to conquer the bronze drum guards.

As a general and even as an official, Qiu Yu knew that he couldn't wait any longer.

That's why he launched the general attack on the day the reinforcements arrived. He couldn't believe it. He had more than 2,000 soldiers, and there were more than 100 elite soldiers. The remaining 2,000 people were also regular troops, not temporary ones. The young and strong people who were brought here.

This can't beat the mere hundreds of fake Tang thieves?

how is this possible?

Absolutely impossible!

"Go on, let the children work harder. Tonight, this official is going to spend the night in the bronze drum guard!" As he said that, he also waved his hand with a high-spirited look. Back then, Su Jiakang was so arrogant when he was chasing down the pseudo-Tang prince Li Xuan.

Following Qiu Yu's order, the generals of the Ming army commanded on the front line also issued slogans or promises, like beheading a first-level reward for 10 taels of silver, beheading a pseudo-Tang small leader for a first-level official promotion, beheading a pseudo-Tang big head If you are a member of the ranks, you will not need money to say things like the official promotion to the third level.

As for the attacking Ming army, it seemed as if they had been beaten with blood, and their morale had risen a lot. At the beginning, only two or three hundred people rushed to the city, but now, at least five or six hundred people rushed to the city. to the city wall.

Seeing more and more Ming troops rushing under the city wall, especially in the densely populated areas of the Ming army, it is even more crowded. At this time, even if the soldiers of the new army of the Tang Dynasty fired a shot, they could shoot with their eyes closed. Chinese.

At this time, dozens of musketeers also ignited the grenades in their hands!

These temporary part-time grenadier musketeers played this grenade for the first time, and many of them were quite nervous, because they all knew that they were holding real bombs. The accident happened because of a quality problem. If it exploded directly in one's own hands, not only would there be no bones left, but even a large number of comrades around him would be killed and injured.

Although the grenades of the Datang New Army are loaded with black powder~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The explosive power of black powder is incomparable with various explosives of later generations, but after increasing the weight, the lethality is still good.

After all, before the late 19th century, the artillery shells of the armies of various countries were also filled with black powder.

Picric acid and TNT shells did not become popular until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Therefore, don't underestimate the explosive power of black powder. If the weight is sufficient, the power of the explosion is just right.

Following the officer's order, dozens of musketeers also threw out the grenade at the same time. Although the distance of the grenade was not far, it did not need to be thrown too far. In fact, they could just throw it directly under the city wall. The army was densely packed and crowded.

After dozens of black spots fell, the Ming army didn't know what was going on at first, but in the next instant, a dense explosion sounded under the city wall.

When this dense explosion sounded, Qiu Yu's mouth was half open in the distance, and his expression was sluggish!

This expression, there is a word to describe it, called: jaw dropped!