Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 953 Decisive Battle 6
In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, Hengshui was just a small place, which belonged to a prefecture on Zhending Road, and Raoyang was a small place of a small place, belonging to a small county in Jinzhou on Zhending Road.There are no famous products here, nor is it a hometown of beautiful women, let alone developed, and it has no reputation.

However, the battle that broke out here will make it more ordinary.

Although Xue Siming fought fiercely, he was not reckless. He knew the strength of his army very well.It is not generally difficult for a legion mainly composed of infantry to fight against the rolling cavalry group on the Jizhong Great Plains. Therefore, he sent a brigade to seize the place where Mangurtai had not yet made up his mind to fight a decisive battle. Cow Village Farm in the Battlefield Axis.The Niu Village Farm was established when the Tianxiong Army developed Zhending Road. It has a solid wall for defense. It can be regarded as a small castle. More than 1000 infantrymen equipped with the most lethal rifles of this era, plus a lightning strike The artillery squadron is enough to make the Qing army miserable.As for the cavalry, they wandered around the edge of the battlefield as usual, looking for opportunities to defeat the enemy.Although the Heluo new army has transformed into a hot weapon force, the tactical system has not changed. It is still the grinder-hammer tactic. After opening the hole, he smashed his head down and shot his head with a hammer.Sounds complicated right?To put it bluntly, it is defense-counterattack, something that Tang Jun played badly more than 600 years ago.At that time, the Tang army dealt with an enemy army that was ten times or even dozens of times larger than itself. Most of the infantry used long-spear bows, crossbows, crossbows, knives, and crossbows to carry the enemy's strength. Killed before birth, defeating the enemy in one fell swoop.This tactic, coupled with the extremely advanced equipment of the Tang army, and the fierce and martial spirit of the Tang people, has made the Tang army at the top of the world for a long time. "My army of one thousand can hit tens of thousands of Hu." The most typical example is the outskirts of Anshi In the aid war, less than 15 Tang troops smashed the 20 Goguryeo army that came to aid; in the battle of Nuozhenshui, 2000 Tang troops almost strangled the [-] Xue Yantuo army.In the Song Dynasty, this set of tactics was abandoned. Only strong bows and crossbows were left to shoot at each other, and heavy infantry fought against each other. The tactical system suddenly regressed back to the pre-Qin era. The Ming Dynasty went a step further and discarded the classical military essence that China had inherited for [-] years. Exhausted, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the fighting power of the Ming army fell precipitously. By the Xijing era, it had reached a new level. Tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry could break through the border and rampage in the capital. Ten Japanese pirates fought for hundreds of miles, scaring the city gates of Nanjing shut.In the past few years, the Heluo New Army has only picked up the abandoned essence and returned to the tradition of defense-counterattack, but it has not been perfect. After all, Yang Menglong is not a military genius, he is only half a bucket of water.Until the appearance of the four weapons of thunderbolts, howitzers, grenades, and bayonets, the Heluo New Army finally learned from the tactical system of the Tang Army and created its own tactical system. The Qing Army became their test target.

The tactical system of the Qing army should not be underestimated either. After all, they were the only inheritors of Li Jing’s art of war at the end of the Middle Ages. Their mobile defense, use of collection to destroy and disperse, tactics of infantry and cavalry, and concentrated use of artillery are all the essence of Li Jing’s art of war. With the help of a large number of Han craftsmen, after casting a large number of cannons and muskets, these tactical systems allowed them to flourish, and the Qing army became the most terrifying military force in East Asia.Now two steel powerhouses with quite similar tactical systems are colliding head-on on the Great Plains. In the end, who is better can only be described by corpses all over the ground.

Mang Gurtai decided to be courteous before fighting, and sent someone to bring a sentence to Xue Siming: "Don't push too hard, or Lu Xiangsheng will be your fate!"

Then the head of the unlucky military envoy was hung on the flagpole.Who told him which pot is not easy to open which pot?Lu Xiangsheng is the God of War in the minds of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. He was defeated in Liaodong for various reasons, and his life and death were uncertain. He sees.

Once the military envoy was cut off, there was no room for relaxation.Mang Gurtai, who was furious, roared and ordered the army to press up, and he vowed not to be human if he didn't blow up Xue Siming's army!Xue Siming didn't talk nonsense, thousands of infantry from the entire legion lined up in three rows, and walked up to them with unusually neat steps.The artillery of the Heluo New Army was the first to fire. The 85mm howitzer roared horribly at the Qing army. The 90mm thunderbolt cannon smashed at an astonishing rate of fire of eight rounds per minute. Flesh and blood flew over with one shot, and broken limbs danced wildly, killing the Qing army. The bombardment killed and wounded pillows.

The Qing army gritted their teeth and quickened their pace.They are not the worst garbage in the world like the Green Camp in the late Qing Dynasty. Their weapons, equipment, morale, and tactical system are all at the top level of this era. The damage from this artillery fire is not enough to defeat them.Moreover, they are not just passively beaten. They also have dozens of cannons, large and small, firing at the same time. Although the effective range is not as far as the howitzers of the Heluo New Army, thousands of infantry are spread out in three lines. That formation is too long. , it is not difficult to hit. The shot put whizzed by the wind and fell into the middle of the Heluo New Army. The limbs were also flying randomly. The formation as tight as a wall was made into large and small gaps. The suppressed misery The screams came out one after another.The Heluo New Army turned a blind eye to their fallen comrades and strode forward. The gaps created by the shells were filled in the blink of an eye.

Boom boom boom!

On the side of Niucun Farm, four 85mm howitzers fired at the same time, and a row of shells fell among the heavy cavalry of the Qing army, blowing up people's backs.The Qing army's heavy cavalry was really wronged. They haven't moved yet, so why were they shot?The artillerymen of the Heluo New Army said that they were the ones who hit you. Twelve heavy artillery bombarded the farm, I will make you arrogant!

Over there, the distance between the infantry of the two armies is only about 300 meters. The third team of the Heluo New Army changed to the sixth team. I don’t know how they did it. Such a complicated team change was completed in an instant. The pace of progress Without stopping.At this time, the sound of galloping horseshoes sounded, and groups of cavalry in leather armor flashed behind the smoke of the battlefield, swarming, and rushed straight to the formation of Heluo's new army.A long distance away, the bowstring trembled, and a sharp arrow pierced through the air, Xue Siming uttered a wordless curse.It is a pulley bow. This thing has a much longer range than the Mongolian horn bow and the small tip bow of the Qing army, and its lethality is much stronger. It seems that the Qing army really made a fortune in the First World War in Liaodong. Even the Mongolian cannon fodder Equipped with such a good bow!
His right hand was raised high, his fingers parallel to each other like a knife.

The Heluo new army stopped advancing, the rifles on their shoulders were held flat, and the butt of the gun was against the shoulder blades. The eyes, the front sight, and the enemy were three points in a line, waiting for the firing order.

The light cavalry rushed over recklessly, shooting arrows like rain, even though they were shot from a hundred meters away, many new army soldiers fell to the ground, the range of the pulley bow is far!In a blink of an eye, they had rushed to a distance of only 60 meters from the formation of the Heluo New Army. This is the best range for cavalry archers to show off their power. danger.These excellent cavalry archers controlled the horses, slowed down, opened the bow with an arrow between their fingers, and at the same time the horses were about to turn around, otherwise they would hit the infantry!

Xue Siming struck down with his big hand.

"put!"

"put!!"

"put!!!"

Angry roars rang out one after another, followed by gunshots, smoke and flames burst out, and lead bullets roared like wind and sand, setting off a bloody storm among the light cavalry. Like wheat, clumps fell down in piles, which was horrible.After the explosion of thousands of rifles shooting at the same time, the world became quiet. Hundreds of annoying horse archers were slapped to the ground like flies. Surrounded by dismembered corpses, they trembled. The Heluo New Army retaliated tenfold for the casualties they caused to the Heluo New Army just now.

All the generals of the Qing army fought coldly. Mang Gurtai gasped and murmured, "Okay... What a powerful firearm! What a powerful musket!"

Boom boom boom boom!
Several torpedo cannon shells exploded in the air, shrapnel and steel balls raining down, causing a shower of blood.It’s the airburst bomb fired by the torpedo cannon. The probability of this thing detonating in the air is actually not high, only [-]%. But once the airburst explodes, the lethality is absolutely amazing. Just a few shells can kill dozens of Qing soldiers. Nailed into the ground.This shelling told Mang Gurtai that the Heluo New Army was not only powerful with muskets, but also more powerful with artillery!

Cold sweat broke out on Mangurtai's forehead, and he roared: "The musketeers come out and beat them! Marko, take your cavalry around and knock down their cannons, quick!"

The Qing army could no longer advance as calmly as before. They quickened their pace, and thousands of musketeers composed of the Han army and Japanese ronin came out, biting the bullet and walking towards the iron-walled formation of the Heluo new army.

Xue Siming grinned: "Want to shoot at me? Are you qualified! Hit me!"

The first row of soldiers who had run out of ammunition had retreated, and the second row made up for it. After the Qing army advanced to 90 meters, they raised their guns and fired a volley. The sound of the guns was earth-shattering!One of the great advantages of gunpowder propellant is that there will not be too much gunpowder smoke when firing. Xue Siming clearly saw that under the salvo of muskets, those musketeers who were capable of causing a lot of casualties to the Heluo New Army had multiple hands and bone ribs. It seemed that he fell down in pieces, and was even sent flying backwards, his smile became even more severe.

That's how it should be played!Hit until you remember in your next life that we all have to pee our pants!

After being hit hard, the musketeers of the Qing army became chaotic, and many people subconsciously wanted to retreat. The officer sternly reprimanded them, and even swung a long knife and slashed at the shoulders of these cowards with the back of the knife. clam down.The formation should not be disordered anyway. Once the formation is disordered, the army will no longer be an army, but a group of civilians with weapons. The enemy army will take advantage of the momentum to press up, and what awaits them is a massacre!I have to say that these officers are quite conscientious, but it is useless. The deafening gunfire drowned out their voices. The Heluo New Army did not give them a chance to regroup and continue advancing. The platoons fired in turn, and the rain of bullets kept pouring over, digging holes in the middle of the Qing army's musketeers. Every time a volley was fired, a large number of musketeers would throw their muskets far away with both hands, and then fell down on their backs. .This is an out-and-out massacre!

Marco's luck was not much better than that of these poor musketeers. He led a cavalry group towards the artillery position located in a farm behind the Heluo New Army. It is said that cavalry fighting artillery would be easy and enjoyable, but...

When we got closer, we found that the artillery position was surrounded by a parapet of earth bags. Rows of rifles protruded from behind the parapet, forming a hollow phalanx.He was still hundreds of meters away from the artillery position, and the gunfire rang out, not hitting people, just hitting horses, and just a salvo wiped out dozens of cavalry on the front line, and the shot horses seemed to go crazy. After a struggle, he fell to the ground and slammed the unprepared cavalry off. Before the cavalry, who had fallen and danced in front of their eyes, came back to their senses, the bowl-sized horseshoe stepped over them... Ma Ke was horrified. The liver and gallbladder were torn apart, the whole person was lying on the saddle, the buttocks were raised high, trying to escape the invitation of death.It's a pity that it's useless, his deputy general's outfit is too conspicuous, at least 20 musketeers stared at him, more than [-] muskets fired at the same time, his maroon Liaodong steed was instantly smashed into a sieve, He fell headfirst to the ground, rolled several times, and threw out more than a dozen blood lines of different lengths on the ground. Ma Ke was thrown more than ten meters away, his tendons were broken and his bones were broken, and he screamed in pain!A horse's hoof stomped down, stomping the scream that rushed to his throat back into his stomach. He twitched all over his body, his eyes widened and his mouth opened wide, his throat rattling, wanting to cry, want to shout, but he couldn't utter a word sound.

Another horseshoe stepped on him, and the lieutenant general was like a dissected frog in a laboratory, only twitching.For the first time in his life, he hated his troops for rushing too fast and too hard...

Hate from the bottom of my heart!

(End of this chapter)