The fighting qualities of the Tatars were clearly demonstrated. Even though they were knocked over several times, they still did not waver and continued to charge forward.

"Pikeman, stab left!"

The pikeman exerts force on the right side, steps out with his left foot, and stabs out with the gun in his left hand, a dense collective left stabbing tactic.

The five-meter long spear pierced out like a forest.

Compared with the traditional frontal thrust tactic, the left thrust tactic quickly showed its characteristics. The Luqi seemed to intend to directly break through the Ming army's infantry formation.

Zhu Yihai, who was watching the battle with a telescope on a high ground in the rear, was amazed by what he saw. He didn't know whether the Tatars were overconfident, or whether they felt that after yesterday's battle, they believed that these Ming troops were weak. So they wanted to rush forward to defeat the Ming troops.

Collapse.

But it should be said that the Shenji Battalion, led by the foreigner Mattim, is still very good.

This left stabbing tactic is very smooth. Even if you are armed with a five-meter long spear, if you stab straight from the front, the charging enemy will only have to face one long spear.

But now he is using the left stabbing tactic. Although he is just stabbing to the left, the distance between the spear and the enemy is actually more than three meters. At this time, the second row of spearmen in the dense spear formation can actually directly

Stab the enemy.

Originally facing one row of spears, now they have to face two rows of spears, and if they charge closer, there is a third row of spearmen who can also stab them.

From Alexander's Greek Macedonian pike formation, to the ancient Roman pike formation, to the Swedish mountain pike formation, and then to the Spanish phalanx, the pikemen are also constantly improving. After experiencing suppression such as the rise of cavalry, they finally emerged from their own

Road.

The equipment cost of the pikemen is low and the training speed is fast. Especially after joining the firearms unit, they become able to attack and defend. The dense pikemen become an impenetrable wall on the battlefield. Their spears can restrain the fierce enemies.

Cavalry charge.

Then the musketeers can rely on the spear array to achieve safe and stable output.

The five-meter spear behind them makes them completely unafraid of cavalry.

Once the cavalry is unable to attack head-on, if it is just mounted fire, it will be completely inferior to the volley fired by the infantry musketeers.

Compared with the more ancient phalanx formations of Macedonia and Rome, which faced the enemy head-on, the Spanish spear formation was even more powerful in that it was faced with enemies on all sides, with no blind spots for attack and no blind spots for defense. There are many like this on the battlefield.

When the spear formations are put together, they are basically like hedgehogs. They can't attack even if they want to. When combined with artillery, cavalry and other light infantry, they can be said to be very powerful.

The spears are like a forest, and they stab each other to the left.

Five-meter-long spears were thrust out one after another, like a hedgehog erecting its thorns.

The Tatars were still charging forward. They seemed to believe that as long as they rushed over, these peasants, who didn't even have a few pieces of armor, would immediately collapse and scatter.

They rode and shot while charging.

Big arrows were thrown into the formation one after another, and soldiers fell down from time to time in the phalanx, but the dense phalanx could greatly calm people's hearts, and the vacancies of fallen soldiers were quickly filled by people gathered from left and right.

Being surrounded by comrades on all sides prevented everyone from collapsing when faced with the cavalry rushing towards them like a landslide.

Another advantage of the left stabbing tactic is that the spearman is always under the protection of his comrades.

The high-speed horsemen finally rushed closer after more than ten riders fell down.

When they saw that the phalanx in front of them collapsed without any evasion, their hearts must have collapsed. Why did the Ming army's tactics that had always been effective fail this time?

Why did the army in front of them, which obviously didn't even have a few pieces of armor and only carried crude weapons like long wooden poles with spearheads, actually dare to face their cavalry charge?

But there was no time to think about this at this time.

They had to face two choices: continue to rush in, or turn the horse's head and bypass it from one side.

The result of a forced charge may be to pay some casualties and then defeat the opponent, but it may also be possible that the few troops of your own will run into the gun formation and be massacred.

Hit or go around?

Maybe it's because you're not willing to give in, or maybe you're confident enough.

Many horsemen still accelerated and rushed forward.

Brutal collision.

Vigorously miracle?

There were also some cavalrymen under the banner of Han Dynasty who were more cautious at this time. They turned their horses' heads at the end and rushed to one side.

The banging, banging, and banging sound of firecrackers fired continuously.

With the enemies so close in front of them, they don't need to take aim. They just line up their guns anyway. After shooting one shot, they quickly continue to reload, and then shoot again.

The pikemen also obeyed the orders of the officers and kept stabbing left and right.

The five-meter-long big gun was in their hands. Although it was very heavy, it was their safest protection in the face of the fierce charge of the cavalry.

The new recruits were all in a state of fanaticism, with their red eyes only aware of the mechanical thrusts, one after another, tirelessly.

The man is on his back and the horse is overturned!

Dozens of Tatar cavalry hit him and fell down.

Zhu Yihai held up the telescope and watched with enthusiasm. He wished he could stand there with a spear in his hand and poke.

For a moment, he was even worried that the spear formation would not be able to withstand it and collapse.

But when the smoke rose, he still saw that the Shenji Battalion was holding on.

In other words, there is a huge disparity in numbers, and there are too few Tatar cavalry.

You only have a hundred riders, but you want to hit a thousand and six?

In particular, Mattim's two battalions of divine machine soldiers, with a total of eight sentries, formed eight spear formations, and two mobile teams. They were close to each other, leaving a narrow passage in the middle to support each other, no matter which side the Tatars attacked.

A phalanx actually faces attacks from several phalanxes.

If you rush forward, it will be a spear, if you run away, it will be a firecracker.

A gap was opened in the spear array, but it did not penetrate.

The pikemen on both sides gathered in the middle to re-block the gap, and the musketeers carried the muskets and ruthlessly killed the cavalry who had lost their impact.

The Tatars' cotton armor could not stop these muskets from shooting at close range.

There were crashes, screams, and the sound of firecrackers.

Some Tatars were thrown off their horses, but they still dismounted and fought fiercely. However, no matter how fierce they were, the Tatar cavalry lost their impact and even their mounts. They fell out of formation and became lone wolves, strangled by the phalanx.

Long spears kept coming, and there were also shots from firecrackers. They blocked left and right, and they couldn't last more than three rounds before they were pierced by the spears or hit by firecrackers. In the end, they could only fall to the ground with a roar, and were shot by a firecracker.

Only big feet trampled it and crushed it into the mud.

He even had his head cut off by the Sword and Shield mobile team.

At this time, the numerical advantage of the Ming army also appeared again. Amidst the sound of trumpets, the Banner Battalion and Shizhong Battalion also pressed forward and began to ruthlessly harvest the enemy troops.

The phalanxes composed of eight thousand Ming troops were unstoppable on the vast Changtan battlefield.

Zhu Yihai wanted to go up, but was finally stopped by Shen Chenquan and others. He could only lead his own team of servants to watch the battle from the rear, and there was also a flag-bearer battalion beside him.

He looked at the tragedy on the battlefield and thought of a poem, "One general's success will lead to thousands of bones being withered."

It even felt like there was a meat grinder in front of me.

I also fully experienced the real war. Compared with the last raid that ended quickly and the previous sneak attacks, this time it was a real head-on confrontation.

Although there is a huge disparity in numbers, one side is the elite Qing army, and the other side is the Ming army which is numerically superior.

Although there are many new recruits in the Ming army, after all, there are also many regular Ming army veterans and capable Franji mercenaries, especially Zhang Mingzhen and Mattim, who are experienced generals on the battlefield. Under their command, this battle was fought

It's still very presentable.

It was not a haphazard battle, the entire battle always followed the rhythm. On the huge battlefield, the Ming army was clear and orderly, with no disconnection, no rash advances, and no collapse.

Although many Ming troops could be seen falling, none of them was defeated.

But there are many problems.

There are too many recruits, which affects the combat effectiveness.

A total of 8,000 people fought against 700, and the fighting turned out to be back and forth. The Tatars were even the ones who took the initiative to attack. If there were more Tatars, one or two thousand, maybe the situation would be different.

Maybe Zhang Mingzhen's Biao camp won't be able to stop it, and even the divine machines and brave guards on both wings may collapse.

If the numbers were equal, they would have been defeated by the same Tatars.

The gap is quite obvious, but Zhu Yihai is also very satisfied with the result. After all, he is a new army and will definitely become more and more powerful in the future.

The two wings of the Tartar cavalry attacked like mud cattle into the sea, and were smashed in front and behind the Shenji and Yongwei battalion formations. Some of the Tatar cavalry quickly fled back to their own formation.

The Tatar officer seemed to be planning to make a desperate move and personally led the remaining reserves. He also gathered the defeated cavalry on both wings and gathered about 200 cavalry to support the center.

However, Zhang Mingzhen's two battalions at this time fought hard against the 400 Tatar infantry and were not at a disadvantage. The two wings behind him also took advantage of the victory to come to support. His morale was even greater. He kept pressing forward, but the Tatars were already retreating step by step and kept falling.

Despite the Tatars' last-ditch counterattack, Zhang Mingzhen continued to advance with his troops without fear.

At this time, the flagbearer battalion also came over with its artillery team. A squatting cannon, a vehicle-mounted Fran cannon and other light artillery also beat down the fallen dogs.

These cannons add a bit of power.

The Tatar military formation, which was already unable to support itself, was bombarded by these artillery pieces from behind, and gaps continued to appear.

"Surrounded on three sides, don't let the Tatars escape, annihilate them all here!"
To be continued...