Yue Tuo watched as more than 7,000 infantrymen rushed forward past the cavalry. They took over the cavalry and started fighting with the white pole soldiers. He breathed a long sigh of relief.
If the fight continues, in this one-sided situation, the remaining two thousand cavalry may be lost here.
The infantry with the red flag surged in like a tidal wave and fought with the soldiers with white poles.
The Eight Banners has its own unique infantry tactics.
When the weapons meet, those wearing heavy armor and holding sharp knives should be ordered to be in the vanguard. Those wearing short armor and good at shooting should attack from behind. The elite soldiers (Bajala) should stand aside and watch. Don't order them to dismount, as they will be too late.
"Wherever it is, it is to respond." ("Records of Emperor Taizu Wu of the Qing Dynasty"), this tactical layout can be said to be similar to the Tang army's military formation tactics.
At this time, those who rushed to the front were elite soldiers from each Niulu. These people were wearing heavy armor, holding spears and knives. Some were pushing carts. There were three soldiers on the cart, using the shields of the carts to cover them.
Expose your upper body and shoot arrows downwards, or fire with a three-eyed gun.
After shooting, squat down immediately, load the gun with powder, or nock an arrow to find an opportunity to continue shooting.
A large number of carriages rushed in and directly dispersed the line of white soldiers.
After all, this thing is a bit like a gate-locking knife cart. There are many steel nails and knives on the front of the shield. And the cart is very heavy. Dozens of people are pushing it forward, and the momentum is very high. It is difficult to resist.
However, after all, they had fought against each other back then. The Baigan soldiers and the Youyang chieftain soldiers had fought with them in Liaodong for several years. They were also very familiar with their tactics.
The horizontal team immediately shrank in sections and put the shield car over. This thing couldn't block it.
The carriage rushed over like a knife cutting through butter. The large group of infantry that followed quickly rushed in.
At this time, Yue Tuo, who had withdrawn, was binding his wounds. Only one and a half of his three armors were left. His heart was bleeding with pain.
But when I saw that the infantry had broken through the battle line of the white-armed soldiers and had successfully entered the battle, I was filled with joy.
In fact, Jiannu was also good at summarizing after the war.
During the Battle of Hunhe, the reason why they suffered a big loss in front of the Sichuan army at the beginning was because they did not take seriously these dwarfs from the south, ignored Nurhachi's order, and waited for the carriage to arrive before launching an attack.
They underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, launching an attack first.
As a result, both those who attacked the white pole soldiers and those who attacked the Qi family's military car camp were all beaten to a pulp by firearms, crossbows, and spears.
But this time, Daishan directly asked the infantrymen to charge with their carriages. This is why they rushed to the battlefield only now.
Qin Liangyu had seen the carriage a long time ago, but she just sneered and didn't care at all.
Because, in addition to getting leather cannons, flintlock rifles, they also got the combat drills of the infantry squad. At this time, the white-armed soldiers had completely changed and would not disperse in a rush.
Seeing the carriages rushing past, the white soldiers immediately formed a group and countercharged from the area between the carriages.
This made Jiannu a little dumbfounded. According to normal circumstances, once the carriages and infantry break through the enemy's array line, and the army breaks through the gap, it can detour, outflank, divide, encircle... until the enemy is defeated and collapsed.
But the current situation was completely beyond their expectations. Qin Liangyu actually hedged against them, regardless of the defense line behind him.
The soldiers with white poles were still sharp and unstoppable in places where there were no chariots.
The densely packed spears and swaying spears stabbed forward, directly stabbing down the infantry in front of them, and rushed into the formation of Jiannu's army.
About fifty people formed a group and continued to attack in opposite directions.
The cart only had a vertical shield in front, and the sides and back were empty. The soldiers with white poles rushed in and immediately shocked everyone on the cart and the cart.
Immediately, the spears were thrust at the soldiers on both sides of the cart. Whether it was the archers or gunmen on the cart, or the men pushing the carts on the two long shafts, they were immediately stabbed down by the spears.
These small groups of white-poled soldiers thrust forward and clashed head-on with Jiannu's vest. Both sides used long spears and spears to stab each other. The white-polled soldiers at the rear immediately thrust forward to both sides.
In the previous confrontation, armor became the decisive factor. Because the spears of both sides were about the same length. The two sides were crowded together and stabbing each other face to face.
In this combat formation, everyone has little room to move around. People are crowded in front, back, left, and right, making it impossible to move. Even if you want to escape, you can't. There are also people behind you. You can only lunge forward desperately to survive.
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Either you stab the enemy to death or he is stabbed to death by the enemy. There is no other choice.
The white pole soldiers are not tall, but they are all men with axes and are very strong. Their physical strength is not low, and their marksmanship is far superior to that of the slaves. They have been using the same weapon for thirty years, and they are far more proficient than the slaves. Just like the slaves
Just as they are good with bows and arrows, they are good with spears.
Qin Liangyu was not willing to use the 500 kilograms of gun barrel steel donated by Yang Fan to build weapons for himself, his son, daughter-in-law, and generals. Instead, he dispersed it to the tip of each long gun and reinforced it with point steel.
She knew very well that these steel materials were so good.
She just made a dagger as an experiment, but it was so sharp that she was stunned.
White-armed soldiers are small in stature, have a small target, and have a small frontal projection. They are not easy to be stabbed. At the same time, the performance of the spear is good, and it stabs the triple armor and passes through the chest one after another.
The infantrymen of Zhenghongqi fell to the ground one after another. The infantrymen of Zhenghongqi stuck on the quilt surrounding the outside of the plate armor of the white-poled soldiers. They were first cushioned by the cotton and then slid by the arc of the plate armor.
opened and slid to one side one after another.
The infantry in front were also stabbed directly through by the white-poled soldiers like hot knives cutting through butter. Then the carts on both sides and the infantry on the carts were stabbed from both sides by spears.
Those on the cart were caught by hooks and stabbed to death. Those pushing the cart were all slaves without armor, and they were stabbed one after another.
The carriages stopped one after another.
A car of this weight cannot be pushed by just a few people. It would take at least fifty people to push the car and run it.
The situation has reversed again. These white soldiers who can fight in squads and units are much stronger than before. Back then, they were one piece and very difficult to chew. Now they attack separately, like commanding an arm.
After these detachments of about fifty people rushed past the carriages, they merged into a horizontal formation again and continued to thrust forward and attack.
Qin Liangyu looked at the large formation on Daishan's side and waved his hand. Immediately, the remaining 6,000 white soldiers from the twelve battalions began to move forward. They maintained their formation and began to press up from behind.
Dai Shan watched as the cavalry withdrew with more than half of its casualties, and then the infantry broke through the Sichuan army's line first, and was getting excited. Unexpectedly, the situation was reversed again so quickly.
The carriages had become a decoration and were abandoned behind. The white-armed soldiers had already passed between the carriages, defeated the infantry again, and pushed the battle line back more than a hundred meters.
The white-pole soldiers from the twelve battalions who came up later threw kerosene and torches on the cart one after another when they passed by the cart. Suddenly, thick smoke billowed and flames rose into the sky.
This time all the carriages brought by the two red flags were burned.
Now the climate is dry and the wind is strong, and the carriages have been burned into torches.
The 7,000 infantrymen had already been beaten back steadily by the 6,000 white pole soldiers. Now there were 6,000 men again, a total of 12 battalion commanders pressing forward. Suddenly, they could no longer resist.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was not surrounded by two sides yet, the camp was blown up with a bang.
Everyone was turning around and running away.
They are not stupid, they know that if they don't leave now, or if they delay it any longer, they won't be able to leave.
All the infantry in front were running back desperately.
Daishan's cheeks twitched as he looked at it. He still had more than 8,000 people in his hands.
But Qin Liangyu still had more than 4,000 musketeers and 3,000 cavalry. He did not dare to bury the two red flags here.
Wouldn't it be an advantage for Huang Taiji and Dorgon to fight to the death with Qin Liangyu?
After a period of struggle, he ordered an immediate retreat towards Tongzhou.
Changping is the imperial mausoleum area of the Ming Dynasty. There are mountains not far to the north, but the south, east and west are all flat. In fact, it is more suitable for a battlefield.
But it is relatively closed here because so many trees have been planted over the past two hundred years. Even in the plain areas, there are large tracts of forest.
When I came, I didn't care. Now when I retreated, I realized that this place with woods everywhere is not easy to retreat to.