After Turg sent someone to deliver a message to the two armies, he got off his horse, took off his outermost layer of cotton armor, found a large bluestone, and prepared to rest for a while. Turg estimated that Bu Sagui's rear team and the Ming army
Fighting, whether it is victory or defeat, is not a matter of time. Maybe I can take a nap and sleep for a while.
But Turg had just sat down, and before he could take a sip of water, he saw a soldier flying towards Turg's side and said: "Report to my brother-in-law that the men and horses in the rear group have been defeated by the Ming army."
Turge was agitated, sat up straight, and said: "Nonsense, how could the rear army be defeated by the Ming army?" In fact, if Bu Sagui's men were really defeated by the Ming army, Turge would not accept it, but this
How much effort does it take? Busa Gui also has 3,000 troops, including six Niulu Eight Banners soldiers. They have to resist for a while no matter what. How could they be defeated by the Ming army in such a short period of time?
?So he subconsciously complained to the soldiers who reported the news.
Seeing that Turge didn't believe it, the Qing soldier who reported the news felt very aggrieved and said: "Sir, the rear army is indeed defeated!" After saying that, he turned back and pointed, "Look if you don't believe it, they are almost defeated here."
Already."
Turg looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw dust flying in the distance of the mountain road. There was indeed a large group of people coming towards him. Until this time, Turg was still a little doubtful. Busagui's people were really
Was he defeated by the Ming army just like that? How is that possible?
After all, Turg was a man who had experienced many battles and had seen many strong winds and waves. He immediately ordered the entire army to form a formation and prepare to face the Ming army. At the same time, he sent someone to send a message to Bolo of the former army, asking him to come and meet him.
The Qing army was indeed well-trained. Although they were resting, they were not in disorder. Therefore, the entire army formed a formation and set up their formation in an instant. At this time, the defeated army had retreated to the front, and the company
Turge was also shocked. With such a embarrassed look, could he still be the invincible master of the Qing Dynasty? It seems that we really need to re-estimate Shang Yi.
Turg has experienced battles for a long time and is well aware of the dangers of the defeated army. He must not let the defeated army rush directly towards his formation. In that case, even the prepared formation will be disrupted by the defeated army. He must force the defeated army to follow the formation.
The two sides fled backward. Therefore, he immediately ordered the archers to line up in front of the formation. Once the defeated army approached, they fired a burst of fire, knocking down the defeated army in the front row.
In fact, the Qing army has also been trained to defeat the Ming army. However, in the past ten years, they have almost never been defeated in every battle with the Ming army, so they are a little unfamiliar. After a group of them were shot down, they all woke up a little.
, hurriedly divided into two groups, and fled from both sides to the back of the people in the middle.
At this time, the cavalry of the Muling Army also caught up. When they saw the Qing army forming a formation, they did not dare to pursue it anymore. Under the leadership of Yang Wucheng, they retreated. There were two armored soldiers beside Turg.
La'erzhen asked to lead the army in pursuit, but Turge stopped him. At the same time, he ordered people to find Bu Sagui and ask how the battle was lost.
But immediately someone came to report that Bu Sa Gui Yi Jing was killed in the battle. Turge ordered people to find those Niulu Ezhen, and the result was that all six Niulu Ezhen of the Eight Banners were killed in the battle.
After Turge heard this, he felt that it was really strange. But there was no time for Turge to think about it now, because the large group of Muling Army had already arrived.
The Muling Army also formed a formation, and then gradually advanced to a distance of about 150 steps away from the Qing Army's formation and stopped. Just like the confrontation with Bu Sagui's rear army, the Muling Army was still
The musketeers in the front formation are still in groups of three, about three meters apart, arranged horizontally, forming a linear array with no depth. The difference is that the entire formation is divided into two columns, with a gap between each column.
They are one foot apart and stand on opposite sides of each other.
When he first saw this formation, Turg, like Busagui, found it inexplicable that the Muling Army had actually formed such a formation without depth. Turg could not figure out how these two rows of musketeers could block the attack.
Can he withstand the impact of the Qing cavalry? It must be a bit baffling that Bu Sagui could be defeated by such a Ming army and lose his life.
But the facts are before our eyes, and the rear team was indeed defeated. Therefore, Turg did not dare to underestimate the Ming army. After a slight hesitation, Turg decided to use the inertia tactic and use the Han army as cannon fodder.
, so he ordered a Han army Jia La, with a total of more than 2,200 troops, including 300 cavalry, to launch an attack on the Ming army.
This Han army's Jia Laer was really called Liu Xi. After receiving the order, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and lead the troops out of the formation to approach the Muling army.
As soon as the Qing army was dispatched, the Mu Ling army immediately put up their shields and muskets, waiting for the Qing army to approach. Behind the musketeers, the snipers also set up their brackets and set up the Lumi.
Guns, each looking for their own target. Just wait for them to come into range.
After seeing the posture of the Muling Army, Turg could somewhat understand that it could indeed effectively defend against the Qing army's bows and arrows. However, Turg still found it difficult to understand how this formation without depth could block the Qing army.
What about impact?
In fact, Turg cannot be blamed for this, because after all, he is limited by the traditional tactics of this era and China, and it is almost impossible to break through this limitation. In fact, not only in China, but in countries around the world, traditional forces are difficult to change.
Yes, on the eve of World War II, the performance of aircraft and aircraft carrier technology were very mature, but the world's navies still adhered to the "big gun and heavy ship" theory. The outcome of naval battles was still determined by the tonnage of battleships and the number and caliber of artillery.
.There is even a ridiculous saying that "airplanes can't be sunk by bombs". Therefore, the world's great powers are still competing to build battleships with huge tonnage and huge caliber cannons, and then one after another sea giants appear, constantly
Refreshing world records for tonnage and artillery caliber.
Even the Japanese who relied on aircraft carriers to win the victory at Pearl Harbor still did not understand the huge role of aircraft carriers and invested huge resources in building two giant battleships. This is evident.
In this regard, Shang Yi undoubtedly took advantage of him. Firstly, he did not have so many traditional restrictions, and Ershu did not need him to study any new tactics at all. He only needed to apply experience that had been proven effective by history in another time and space.
Just use it directly.
This three-row deep linear formation actually took nearly two hundred years of exploration and was not widely used in European countries until the 18th century. At this time, bayonets have not yet appeared, so European countries are still using
A mixed formation of pikemen and musketeers is used. The depth is generally five to six rows. The ratio of pikemen to musketeers is one to one or one to two.
It's just that Shang Yi spent several years equipping the musketeers with bayonets. Therefore, the musketeers were capable of protecting themselves in close combat, and therefore could use a three-row deep linear formation.
At this time, the attacking troops of the Qing army broke away from the main formation. Liu Xi had been fighting with the Qing army for more than ten years and was considered rich in experience. He immediately ordered the 300 cavalry to take the lead, followed by the infantry, and began to attack the Muling army. And go.
The three hundred cavalrymen controlled the horses, took small steps, gradually passed the infantry, and rushed in front.
But at this moment, a series of loud thunderclaps sounded from the Muling army formation, and a large amount of gunpowder smoke was generated at a high speed. The equipment of the Han army was much worse than that of the Manchu Eight Banners. It was only a layer of iron armor. They only had cotton armor or leather armor. Within a hundred steps, there was no way to protect against the blow of Rumi's gun. After the sound of gunfire, the dozens of cavalry in the front row immediately let out a scream and fell off their horses. There were more than a dozen war horses that also fell down in mourning. Without exception, there was a blood hole the size of a fist on their bodies. There were also several Qing soldiers who had not stopped for a while, screaming like wailing, lying on the ground. Writhing in pain on the ground.
Turg couldn't help but be a little shocked. At this time, the distance between the two sides was not a hundred but ninety steps. Could the Ming army's fire cannons hit such a distance? Perhaps this is why the Ming army set up such a depthless formation. The reason! But Turg didn't plan to withdraw his troops, because he also wanted to see how powerful the Ming army's formation was. Anyway, wasn't the purpose of the Han army's existence just to be used as cannon fodder?
Sadly, even though they knew they were cannon fodder, the Han army did not dare to resist and could only grit their teeth and charge forward. Because the Han soldiers who could be listed as the Eight Banners of the Han Army had lived under the rule of the Manchus for ten years. For the Han people who are over 20 years old, their parents, wives and children are all in the Qing Dynasty, so they cannot resist.
Moreover, the military discipline of the Qing army is also extremely strict. After the order to attack is issued, if you do not shrink back, the supervisory team will be beheaded on the spot. If you rush forward, you may be able to fight for your life, but if you do not rush, you will only die. Therefore Even though they knew they had a narrow escape, the Han troops still rushed forward without hesitation. This is why the Han troops were unique among the Ming troops, and once they surrendered to the Manchus, they immediately seemed to be reborn. Everyone became brave and brave.
The remaining cavalry did not care about waiting for the infantry. They fought hard one by one and rushed forward. They could only rush through the distance as soon as possible, reach the Ming army's formation, and start a close battle with the Ming army.
It's a pity that even Busa Gui's attack of a thousand cavalry just now was blocked by the Muling Army's musketeers. It was naturally easy to deal with this mere two to three hundred cavalry. In the face of the rapid attack of the cavalry, the Muling Army The musketeers were still shooting calmly, changing guns, loading ammunition, changing guns, and shooting again. The gunshots were also ringing as densely as exploding beans, while the Qing cavalry seemed to be being cut down. The horses and horses fell to the ground one after another. In less than two minutes, the entire cavalry team was not spared. They were all killed by the fire of the Muling Army. Basically no one could rush to the distance. The formation of Mu Ling's soldiers should be within thirty steps.
Corpses and dead horses were left all over the battlefield, with only twenty or thirty ownerless horses wandering alone on the battlefield.