Valley Emperor

Although the officers of the 1st Infantry Battalion used the most decisive and toughest means to deal with and boost their morale, there were still four people who fled the battle one after another, and these four people were undoubtedly the first to become the supervising officers. Ghost under the knife!

"Hold on, they can't rush up!"

"Our 1st Infantry Battalion has never been defeated since the establishment of the army. Today, we will also win!"

"The Tang Dynasty is invincible!"

"For Your Majesty!"

The officers shouted various slogans to boost morale, and even Li Xuan in the rear made a temporary decision in order to temporarily boost morale: "Everyone who participates in the war today will receive an additional half-moon salary, and the front-line melee combatants will receive an additional one month's salary. Pay and silver, as long as you make meritorious deeds, you will double your military merits!"

Then he sent an order to the officers: "Today's first meritorious officer is awarded the Earl!"

Then the whole army sent a message: "This battle will select ten people with outstanding military exploits to be named viscounts and barons, whether officers or soldiers can be named!"

Such a promise before the battle can be regarded as a reluctance to stimulate the morale of the army, but this does not allow the front-line soldiers in the 1st Infantry Battalion to ignore the cavalry onslaught of the Ming army.

The charge of the cavalry of the Ming army was really scary!

The hands of the frontal musketeers with their muskets were shaking, and many soldiers could not even raise their guns to aim, facing thousands of cavalry rushing over, even the musketeers in the most elite 1st Infantry Battalion in the Datang New Army. They will be afraid too!

Because this is a human instinct, an instinct that cannot be erased no matter how harsh the training is. What they can do is, even if they are afraid, they still stick to their positions and make relevant tactical actions. .

And those who can do this can be called an elite army!

At this time, the square formation of the 1st Infantry Battalion was already in the most perfect posture, waiting for the cavalry of the Ming army to charge up. On the four sides of the square formation, the spearmen in the front row inserted the ends of their spears into On the ground, they raised the spear diagonally, while they were half-kneeling on the ground, holding the spear tightly in both hands, while turning their heads and looking at the ground, not looking straight ahead!

Behind them, there is a row of spearmen. They hold the spears in their hands flat, and they also don't look straight ahead, but look down at the ground slightly!

The reason why the soldiers in the first two rows lowered their heads or turned their heads to not look straight ahead was to prevent the soldiers from seeing the cavalry charging forward, causing panic.

A person, seeing hundreds of thousands of cavalry rushing towards him, said that it was impossible not to be afraid!

So in order to solve the problem of maintaining the courage of the soldiers when facing the cavalry charge, either blindfold them or let them look down at the ground!

Anyway, for these spearmen, as long as they raise their spears so that the enemy's cavalry does not dare to rush up, then the mission is completed. It is not their mission to kill the enemy, it is the mission of the musketeers.

After the musketeers, there is a row of musketeers. They need to look straight ahead because they need to aim and shoot, but they are protected by spearmen in front and will not directly face the charge of the Ming army cavalry. There will be less fear!

The musketeers in the four corners are gathered together, and they are also protected by spearmen around them, and they will not be directly threatened by the Ming cavalry.

After the cavalry of the Ming army crossed 50 meters, the order of the officers was also issued!

"Shoot!" was the order of the Musketeer officer.

"Prepare for shocks!" The spearmen's officers also ordered!

After a burst of gunshots, the Ming army cavalry also swept away towards the 1st Infantry Battalion like a huge wave. From a distance, the 1st Infantry Battalion seemed to have disappeared. The cavalry of the Ming army with the sound of huge hooves!

Seeing this scene, Li Xuan in the back couldn't help but feel nervous. What happened to the 1st Infantry Battalion?

Were they completely overwhelmed by Ming cavalry?

Are their formations scattered? Can their square phalanx resist the onslaught of Ming cavalry?

At this moment, Li Xuan has too many questions, but at this moment, the first battalion has been completely covered up by the Ming army cavalry. The 1st Infantry Battalion surrounded by military cavalry, not even a figure could be seen!

"Your Majesty!" At this time, Zeng Ziwen, who was beside him, couldn't help shouting out loud, and his Majesty even trembled!

Zeng Ziwen seemed so unsure that his tone was filled with fear.

In fact, not only Zeng Ziwen, but other people's expressions at this time were not so good. Qian Mengjiu opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything for a long time.

On the contrary, Ma Wei, the left servant of the Ministry of War, said with a firm face: "The first battalion is the top elite of our king's division, and the battalion officer, Major Xu Ke, is both loyal and brave, and his talent ranks among the top three among the dozen or so battalion officers of our king's division. Among them, the soldiers of the first battalion, most of them are veterans from the dragon in their early years.

Even if the enemy cavalry is aggressive, the first battalion will win! "

The last sentence of cutting nails and cutting iron is extremely firm, as if the first battalion is the strongest army in the world, and it can defeat three times the number of Ming cavalry with a mere 500 troops.

However, after Ma Wei's remarks, Zeng Ziwen, who was next to him, also cleared his mind at this time, took a deep breath and said: "Master Ma is right, the first battalion is the elite of my master, even if it can't be wiped out completely. The enemy is coming, but self-protection is more than enough!"

Even though he had regained some confidence, Zeng Ziwen was obviously still not confident. He only said that the 1st Infantry Battalion could protect itself, but he did not say that the 1st Infantry Battalion could defeat the Ming cavalry.

In fact, it is indeed impossible!

The 1st Infantry Battalion is powerful, but the nature of its infantry and the characteristics of the four-corner phalanx determine that they can only defend, and cannot launch an attack, not even a small-scale counterattack.

If it can maintain the formation under the impact of thousands of cavalry and keep it from collapsing, then the 1st Infantry Battalion can already be called the elite of the modern army.

In fact, the 1st Infantry Battalion did not reach this level!

At best, the 1st Infantry Battalion only has more veterans, and the concept of veterans refers to veterans who have joined the army for more than half a year!

In terms of the modern army in a broad sense, the first battalion is just an ordinary modern army, and the word elite has little to do with them.

Li Xuan listened to the words of his subordinates, did not speak up, but continued to stare ahead!

He not only looked at the 1st Infantry Battalion, but also watched the other three infantry phalanxes headed by the baggage regiment slowly approaching. In fact, they were only less than 100 meters away from the 1st Infantry Battalion. Those Ming cavalry soldiers After rushing over, it didn't take long to get close to them, and then a battle broke out.

In fact, even now, the musketeers on the baggage regiment's side are already shooting at the incoming Ming army.

At the same time, the battalion artillery continued to fire on the Ming army, but the firing speed of the artillery was relatively slow. After firing one round of guns before, it took a long time to fire the second gun, which caused everyone to suffer. It gave an illusion, as if at this moment on the battlefield, only infantry and Ming cavalry were fighting, and the artillery and other troops were just watching a show.

But the actual situation is not the case. Every time the battalion artillery fires, it will take away the lives of many Ming cavalry. So far, most of the deaths and injuries of the Ming cavalry are caused by the artillery.

At this time, if there is a wise general in the Ming cavalry, then their preferred combat goal is not to attack the 1st Infantry Battalion and the infantry in the baggage regiment, but to bypass the infantry and then attack the artillery of the new Tang Army. The position, whether it is a battalion artillery unit or a heavy artillery unit, as long as it can rush in and destroy the artillery unit of the Datang New Army.

So you are welcome to say that in this battle, the Ming army has won half of it!

Of course, the artillery itself is vulnerable to the Datang New Army itself. In front of the artillery position, there are spearmen defending. Their only task in this battle is to protect.

The artillery unit itself also has musketeers~www.wuxiaspot.com~ There are more than 100 people in an artillery team, half of which are not artillerymen, but musketeers. Their task is only one, that is to protect the gunners and artillery!

In addition, there is an artillery transport team in the artillery unit. Although this unit is not a professional combat unit, it can also be pulled up to protect the artillery at critical moments.

What's more, if the cavalry of the Ming army wanted to rush over to their artillery position, then they had to pass the interception of the 1st Infantry Battalion and the baggage regiment first!

Li Xuan and Hao Bainian were not stupid, but they would not be foolish enough to set aside the artillery positions and let the enemy cavalry attack.

The charge of the Ming army's cavalry was naturally followed by the senior civil and military officials of the Ming army. When Mr. Long saw that his cavalry drowned the first infantry phalanx of the pseudo-Tang bandit army, the smile on his face became even stronger. !

The old man Qianhu next to Rat Beard also complimented at the right time: "Congratulations, Mr. Hexi, this battle, this thief army has obviously been defeated. I believe that it will not take a moment for the whole army to collapse!"

However, at this moment, the battle between the Ming cavalry and the 1st Infantry Battalion, which was paid great attention by the senior generals of both sides, was not as tragic as outsiders imagined!

This is mainly because the cavalry of the Ming Army who charged did not act in a unified manner. Some cavalry tried to charge directly and tore the front of the infantry phalanx of the Datang New Army. Most of the cavalry who did so were cavalry with spears. .

But there was also a cavalryman who started to turn the horse's head, and then took out a bow and arrow and tried to shoot arrows on the horse's back!

And some even simply turned over and dismounted, and bowed directly on the ground to shoot arrows!

And this scene should not appear according to reason. It does not mean that it is not good for the army to try to charge directly, mount and shoot, or dismount and fight on foot, but it means that these Ming troops did not have a clear and unified command.