Valley Emperor

Liuzhou in the middle of the Ming Dynasty was not too good, but it was not too bad either. If it was good, it would definitely not be as good as Wuzhou Prefecture, let alone compared with the prosperous prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

But if you want to say that he is bad, it is not bad, at least it is much better than Liping Mansion and Xingquan Mansion!

First of all, because of the existence of the Liujiang River, both sides of the Liujiang River are traditionally impacted by the plain terrain. Although the plains on both sides of the Liujiang River are small, they can also grow food, at least feeding the people on both sides of the river is not a problem.

Secondly, because of the existence of the Liujiang River, inland shipping is more convenient and has great potential for development. Especially for the army of the King of the Tang Dynasty, which is more dependent on logistical supplies, the Liujiang River, a tributary of the Xijiang River, is even more important.

If the army wants to launch long-distance operations, it is unrealistic to rely solely on the people to transport various supplies such as ammunition, and convenient transportation is necessary.

If it is modern times, then it is the railway, and before the railway did not appear, the shipping of rivers was extremely important.

Based on these reasons, for Liuzhou, Datang Wangshi is inevitable. Taking a step back, Datang Wangshi can't defeat Guilin and other Guangxi counties, but Liuzhou must be defeated.

Without conquering Liuzhou, there would be no way to continue advancing eastward, let alone conquer Wuzhou, and finally enter Zhaoqing and Guangzhou in Guangdong.

To conquer Liuzhou, we must pull out the nails at the north gate of Liuzhou in Rongxian County.

And this is also the reason why Hao Bainian sent the Second Infantry Regiment to Rong County first before taking Huaiyuan County!

But I am afraid that Hao Bainian did not expect that the Second Infantry Regiment would encounter the Ming army who took the initiative to charge them in the field outside Rongxian City.

According to the previous battles, because they were afraid of the firearms of the Datang Army, even the Ming Army who had never fought against the Datang Army would still be more cautious. A stubborn battle.

It is a pity that he did not underestimate the field capability of the Datang Army, but he still underestimated the attacking ability of the King of the Tang Dynasty, or overestimated the ability of the army under his command to defend the city. Liping Mansion City, and caused himself to be held hostage by Qian Dafei, and finally died!

However, not every Ming army is as cautious as they are. For example, the three thousand Ming army in front of you is obviously different from the many Ming armies that the Master of the Tang Dynasty has encountered in the past!

When the Second Infantry Regiment arrived in Rong County, they took the initiative to go out to the city to fight.

Maybe they still don't know how strong the opponent's pseudo-Tang bandit army is in the field, maybe they know, but they still think that they can defeat the fake Tang bandit army in front of them!

Whatever the reason, they charged forward and charged with a fearless courage!

The officers of the Second Infantry Regiment on the opposite side were shocked!

Even the descendants of the Ming army in the garrison battalion fighting with the 2nd Infantry Regiment could not understand why the Ming army in front of them had such a strong self-confidence!

Haven't they heard that our Great Tang Emperor's field capability is the most powerful?

The three thousand Ming troops on the opposite side are getting closer and closer. They are lined up in a crowded and chaotic formation, rushing towards the formation of the Second Infantry Regiment of the Datang Army like a tide!

Although Li Chunjing didn't quite understand their charge, it was a good thing for him. If the three thousand Ming troops were huddled in the city, his second infantry regiment would have to take down Rongxian County. It takes a lot of trouble.

Since they took the initiative to go out of the city to fight, they just took this opportunity to completely defeat them, and then easily capture Rongxian and complete the combat mission explained by Hao Bainian.

After Li Chunjing arranged for the troops to fight, he did not intervene too much in the command of the troops, but stayed on the top of the hill with a few staff officers under his command to observe the changes on the entire battlefield.

At this time, the commander of the battalion artillery team belonging to the Second Infantry Regiment has already drawn out his command knife!

"The whole team is ready!"

"aim!"

When the 3,000 Ming troops on the opposite side rushed over the distance of 150 meters, the captain of this battalion artillery team resolutely commanded his command knife: "Fire!"

Following his order, the six 150-pound battalion guns spewed gunpowder and flames almost at the same time.

The establishment of shotguns within the effective range is extremely powerful, especially when the enemy is still in a dense array, the lethality is even more amazing!

After the six shotguns fired, the tide formed by the three thousand Ming army seemed to stop for just a few seconds, and the Ming army soldiers in the front row fell down uniformly and neatly.

However, the fallen soldiers in the front row were quickly destroyed, because the Ming soldiers in the back row stepped over their soldiers and continued to charge forward!

The Ming soldiers in the back row who continued to charge might not know what happened at all. Maybe they knew, but they didn't care.

Looking at the three thousand Ming troops in front of them, although there were many casualties in the first round of shelling, they still continued to charge without the slightest pause.

Li Chunjing, who was watching the battle from the rear, frowned slightly!

These Ming armies are not the same as the Ming armies they encountered in the past!

This battle may not be as simple as I expected, and it must be treated with caution!

Immediately said: "Send the grenadier team to prepare for battle!"

"Is it too early to dispatch the grenadiers now?" said a captain's staff next to him: "The grenadiers are the elite of our army, and there is only one team of grenadiers in our army, so dispatch them now. I'm afraid there will be unnecessary casualties!"

However, Li Chunjing said: "These Ming troops in the front are not normal, they are different from the guards and recruits we have encountered in the past, we must treat them carefully, we must use the most powerful firepower and the most powerful lineup to destroy their troops. The first wave of offensive disintegrated!"

He still didn't say a word. He was worried that if he couldn't completely defeat these strange Ming troops on the opposite side in the first wave of attack, if he entered the stage of hand-to-hand entanglement, he was afraid that the ship would capsize in the gutter!

After Li Chunjing's order, the Grenadier team that was originally located behind the three main battalions also began to line up and gradually entered the battlefield, and was ready to fight the rushing Ming army in the first time!

boom! boom!

The artillery in the battalion artillery has started to fire freely, but the momentum is not as big as when the first salvo started!

And limited to the sad firing rate of artillery in this era, it is unlikely to fire quickly in a short period of time!

The artillery continued to fire and suppress!

And the frontline infantry phalanx is also ready for battle

The heavily armored spearmen of the Datang Army in the front row have experienced this kind of charge against the enemy many times. Maybe some new recruits will be timid, but some veterans are firmly grasping themselves. The spear, waiting for the enemy to rush up, and then stab one by one with the spear.

As for whether the Ming army on the opposite side will break through their array?

This is unlikely!

Because this can be seen from the formation of the Ming army on the opposite side!

Although their formation looks like a huge phalanx of infantry, it is actually not unified at all. Instead, six or seven people form a small team, and then multiple small teams converge.

The soldiers in the front row are spearmen, in the center are the sword and shield soldiers, hand crossbows, and archers, and the last are soldiers with short swords to separate the enemy's head.

In other words, after they rush up, the only people who can really participate in hand-to-hand combat are two or three spearmen!

And these Ming soldiers in the front row are not wearing armor!

This kind of tactics and formation may be more useful in some small-scale battles, especially when fighting against Japanese pirates or destroying other bandits, but if it is against the line formation of the modern army, it is basically courting death !

Because the soldiers in the line formation are all soldiers, and the formation is tight, what will be the result of such a fight? A Ming army soldier on the opposite side may face the siege of three or four Tang army soldiers at the same time.

Modern armies rely on formations and military discipline to eat, and firearms are second to none. Traditional ancient armies and modern armies play phalanx hedging, whether it is cavalry or infantry, it is basically an act of courting death.

The Ming army had already crossed a distance of 100 meters at this time. At this time, the three infantry battalions and the seven hundred muskets in the grenadier team also began to shoot in rounds!

After the distance of 70 to 80 meters, the archers in the reserve camp also began to bend their bows and shoot arrows!

Of course, the Ming army in the charge also began to bend bows and shoot arrows to counterattack, but its counterattack was relatively poor, not even the counterattack of the Ming army that Li Chunjing encountered in the past!

After the Ming army reached a distance of about 40 meters, although they were still charging, the casualties were already very heavy. Among the 3,000 people, it is conservatively estimated that nearly 400 people fell on the charging road!

Most of these Ming Army soldiers had a confused and confused expression on their faces, but they were still rushing towards the phalanx of the Second Infantry Regiment of the Datang Army.

At this time, the musket team officers in the three main infantry battalions all ordered: "Stop shooting, load, and prepare for salvo!"

Soon~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The musketeers of the Datang Army changed from the previous six columns to three columns. The formation was tighter, and the gap between the soldiers could not even allow the musketeers to carry out the second battle. Loading!

And the officers on the spear team also shouted the password: "Everyone has it, prepare to charge!"

When the Datang Army is engaged in hand-to-hand combat, especially in this kind of hand-to-hand combat in a decisive field battle, it is generally not a fixed defense, but will be in the final stage, that is, after the musketeers have finished firing their salvos and the grenadiers have finished dropping bombs. Will launch a counterattack!

The officer of the grenadier team had already shouted the password to fire, and within a few seconds, he shouted the order: "Drop the bomb!"

In the next instant, hundreds of grenades were thrown out!

The grenade crossed a short distance of 30 meters and landed in the front row of the Ming army on the opposite side!

When hundreds of grenades exploded in their own soldiers, killing and wounding countless people in an instant, the leader of the Ming army, Cen Xiong, finally let out a dull expression, saying that many Ming army generals who fought against the Tang army would say One sentence: "How is this possible?"