Qi Jiajun's marksmanship training is quite demanding.
Set up a human-shaped wooden target twenty steps away, five feet high and eight inches wide.
Seven one-inch round holes were dug out for the eyes, throat, chest, waist, and feet, and wooden balls were placed in the holes.
The flag captain gave an order, and the soldiers raised their guns, flew forward and stabbed forward. Only those who stabbed five wooden balls with their spears were qualified. Those who missed the mark or missed the mark would be punished with military sticks.
The dead soldiers with the blue flag were all covered in armor, but their eyes were exposed, and their eyes became their weak point.
Although these Jurchen hunters in the depths of the Greater Khingan Mountains were skilled in combat and wielded knives and sticks with great prowess, they were stabbed in the eyes by spears before they could reach the spearmen, and died miserably.
Before this, Jiannu had never had the experience of facing off against the Qi family's army.
Sometimes, experience comes with a tuition fee.
Jiannu, who was lucky enough to break through the thrust of the spear, rushed in front of the pikemen. The sword and stick he waved in his hand was blocked by the shield, and his hand waited for the opportunity to come out, brandishing the weapon, leaving bloody holes one after another on the body of the dead Jiannu soldier.
The brave Shengnu would really face a three-dimensional attack from three to four Ming troops at the same time, both long and short. No matter how strong each person's force was, they would be defeated steadily under such an attack.
I don’t know whether it was because the attack on Juniper Marin in the past few days was too easy, or because of his deep-rooted contempt for the Nanmanzi, Jiannu obviously overestimated his own combat power. He wanted to defeat 4,000 people in one fell swoop with only a few hundred dead soldiers. The mandarin duck battle formation.
The Zhejiang soldiers under Deng Qilong's command use the Qi family's military drills for daily training.
After the Japanese pirates were put down, the Mongolian Tatars were rampant, and the cavalry once came to the capital city.
In the first year of Longqing, Qi Jiguang was promoted to deputy general of the Shenji Battalion. The following year, he arrived in Liao and Ji to train new soldiers.
Qi Shaobao paid attention to adapting his troops to local conditions. The Yuanyang Formation, which originated in the southern mountains, changed immediately when it arrived in the north.
Infantry and chariots fight together. Every 20 soldiers are assigned to one chariot, and 10 people are directly attached to the chariot and are responsible for launching the Franco machine.
The other 10 people are the "killer team", whose task is to face the enemy with shields, palladium and long-handled single swords.
This is the evolutionary variant of the Yuanyang Formation in the North.
Zhang Juzheng died of illness, Qi Jiguang lost internal support, and officials attacked him. Memorials to impeach Qi Jiguang piled up. Qi Shaobao was forced to leave the north, and was demoted again and again, and finally died in depression.
After Qi Jiguang left office, the power of the Southern Army plummeted. The Jizhou mutiny saw thousands of Qi's troops massacred. This powerful army that was once ahead of its time eventually gradually withdrew from the stage of history.
The mandarin duck formation trained by Nanbing in Jizhou was ultimately useless due to the departure of the coach. It was buried in the old paper with the demise of the Ming Dynasty, which is regrettable.
But when Liu Zhaosun came, things were different.
This time when Xianglan Banner came to attack, Deng Qilong used the mandarin duck formation that Qi Shaobao taught him in Jizhen.
Due to the lack of equipment of the Eastern Route Army and insufficient vehicle camps, Deng Qilong was unable to use the combined formation of vehicles and artillery, but was unable to do so.
Fortunately, to deal with just a few hundred dead soldiers of Jiannu, the pikemen, palladium and rattan players are enough.
Among the five thousand Zhejiang soldiers, except for some Tao Palladium players and Tengpai players, the rest were all spearmen.
The pikemen used long spears with bamboo poles, which were one to seven feet long and weighed no more than four taels. The head of the spear was either like a duck's bill, or like a thin knife, or the tip was divided into two edges, which was extremely sharp.
Before Nurhachi's rebellion, he had a close relationship with Liao Zhen and was deeply influenced by Liao Zhen.
As the representative of the Northern Army, Liao Zhen has deep-rooted contempt for the Southern Army. Not only do the two sides have regional differences, but they also have real conflicts of interest.
After Nurhachi raised his army, he focused on the border troops in Xuanda, Shaanxi and other places under Du Song. His intelligence collection was mainly focused on the northern troops, and he did not pay attention to the southern troops who came from thousands of miles away for reinforcements.
It is not that the slave chief had never seen the Qi Family Army. During the Japanese Rebellion in Renchen, Wu Weizhong led the Qi Family Army to conquer Pyongyang and annihilate the Japanese pirates. After hearing this, Nurhaci felt that it was useless.
At that time, the generals of the Ming army generally believed that one slave (Jiannu) could stop ten Japanese pirates (Japanese pirates).
In other words, the Qi family army could defeat the Japanese pirates, but they were no match for the slaves.
During the Battle of Saarhu, the appearance of a team suspected of being a Qi family army did not attract the attention of Houjin's senior officials.
It really doesn’t require too much attention.
Originally, in the historical plane, the Zhejiang soldiers on the east route were surrounded by blue flags. Before they could form a formation, they were scattered by the airtight cavalry formation.
Although these remnants of the Qi family army resisted desperately, they were all killed in the end.
To the Hou Jin soldiers, the Zhejiang soldiers they destroyed were no different from the rest of the Ming army, just like cutting melons and vegetables.
It's just that today, the pikemen Amin faces are different from the Zhejiang soldiers originally based on history.
The Zhejiang soldiers had just been paid and participated in the night attack again, and their morale reached its highest point.
When fighting with spears, morale comes first.
"kill!"
Each spear thrust would take the life of one or two dead soldiers.
The spear line was approaching the blue flag position. The dead soldiers had finished throwing the flying axes and iron bones in their hands. They had no long-range weapons anymore and had to fight with swords, hammers and spears.
Jiannu, who was holding a bow, raised his bow to shoot. However, as soon as he fired a few arrows, he was quickly approached by spearmen. They had to abandon their bows and arrows and use short soldiers to fight.
The number of dead soldiers was getting smaller and smaller, and they kept retreating, and soon they were in front of the white-armored soldiers who were supervising the formation.
Amin looked at the defeated dead soldiers, veins popped up on his face, his expression kept changing, and he began to think of some terrible things.
Standing next to him were Jierhalang, Fei Yingwu, Li Yongfang and other generals, all of whom looked solemn.
Although Jierharang, Li Yongfang and Amin do not deal with each other on weekdays and try every means to weaken Amin, Erbeile is still Erbeile after all, and the disciples under his command are also blue flag warriors.
Of course we can't watch them die in vain like this.
Yesterday, the Xianglan Banner approached the Shajianzi Camp. The generals had disagreements over the attack on Liu Wei, especially Jierhalang and Amin. The quarrel was very fierce.
Amin and Fei Yingwu advocated siege instead of fighting. According to the intelligence previously intercepted by Dajin, Liu Wei could only carry food and grass from Kuandian for fifteen days at most. After a few days, the Ming army would be cut off from food and grass and would collapse on its own.
Of course, Amin did this just to preserve the strength of the Xianglan Banner. If the Xianglan Banner's true barbarian soldiers were dispatched, they might not be able to defeat the pikemen in front of him, but in that case, the Niulu would be seriously injured. Shan'e Zhen, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it.
For Amin, if he loses his position as Gushan Ezhen, the only thing waiting for him is death.
Being imprisoned by the Great Khan and dying was a fate that he and his father Shuerhaqi could not escape.
Jierhalang obviously did not need to consider these issues. He had already surrendered to Huangtaiji. At this time, he joined forces with more than a dozen bellicose Niulu Ezhen from the Xianglan Banner to attack the Ming army immediately and inflict heavy losses on the warriors who died in the night attack. revenge.
Li Yongfang, the prince-in-law of Fushun, told everyone to be calm and calm. They must first go back to Hetuala to ask the Great Khan for instructions, either to make peace with Liu Wei, or to send more troops to besiege.
Li Yongfang really wanted to ask Mr. Liu in person and ask this southern barbarian what he wanted, money or women.
In Li Yongfang's view, it is of course the best to be able to defeat the enemy without fighting, just like he did when he surrendered to the Great Khan in Fushun last year.
The three factions disagreed with each other. In the end, with the support of most Niulu Ezhen, Jierhalang's opinion prevailed.
All the main forces of the Xianglan Banner were dispatched, Baoyi Aha filled the trenches first, the dead soldiers charged, and the Zhenyi Jia soldiers suppressed the formation. Thus, today's fierce battle in the Shajianzi camp began.
"Er Beile, it seems that this Ming army has been prepared for a long time. Why don't we wait for the Khan to bring the artillery and then break his army's formation!"
Three miles to the north of Shajianzi Hill, in the large camp of Xianglan Banner, Fuxi Prince Consort Li Yongfang said to Erbeile almost in a pleading tone.
Amin knew what the wrapped slave was thinking about, but he didn't look at him and said coldly:
"In previous years, the Great Khan fought against the Yehe tribe and Wailannikan. If there were no artillery, wouldn't there be a fight?"
Amin knew in his heart that if Nurhaci was allowed to lead his troops, he would definitely launch an army to hold him accountable and take advantage of the situation to suppress him. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, he would force Xianglan Qi and Liu Wei to fight to the death.
Erbeile is not interested in the "Seven Great Hatreds", which are the grudges between his old Khan and the Ming Kingdom. As for Amin himself, his father Shurhachi was once close to the Ming Kingdom, and was imprisoned by Nurhachi for this reason.
In short, there is no blood feud between Erbeile and the Ming army, and there is no need to bury the blue flag left by his father for the sake of an enemy who killed his father.
"Second brother, make up your mind quickly, we can't let the Nanman go on like this again!"
Fei Yingwulema came to Amin's side. He had just gone to the white-armored soldiers to supervise the battle, and personally killed several dead soldiers who had fled back, with human blood still stained on his body.
Amin's thoughts returned to his eyes, and his eyes regrouped. Two miles away from where he was, the Ming army's spearmen swarmed forward like a wave, chasing the defeated dead soldiers, thrusting with their spears, and assassinating those Xianglan running behind. Flag dead soldiers.
The Jiannu dead soldiers who were so powerful before suddenly became the targets of slaughter. Of the 600 dead soldiers who went into battle, including those who were still running away, there were only less than 300.
"A bunch of trash!"
Amin said fiercely that he despised these girls from the bottom of his heart. Although these people fought bravely, they were not civilized. Not only could they not understand Manchu, but their brains were not very good at fighting.
"Let the flag men go out to fight, make an opening and let these dead soldiers pass!"
Fei Yingwu wiped the blood on his face, his face full of shock:
"Second brother, are you going to let these deserters go?!"
Amin smiled coldly and said angrily:
"Let them go, do we still have military law in Daikin? Let them be used as cannon fodder later. If we don't let them go and break up our formation, we will be in trouble!"
Amin had been fighting with Shuerhachi since he was a child, and he could tell at a glance that the core of the Ming army was this group of spearmen. As long as the spearmen were defeated, the North Korean gunmen behind him were not afraid at all.
To deal with the spearmen, it is not enough to rely on dead soldiers. These girls really only have brute strength, heavy armor, and slow movements. They are no match for these spearmen. Even if they can rush forward, they are still a living target for the Koreans.
The muscles on Amin's face twitched. These dead soldiers were captured from remote areas such as Sauron and Ningguta. They were allocated to various banners. They were more precious resources than Zhenyi. One less dead soldier.
In just half an hour, nearly half of it was lost.
"Let Yilan Tong lead the people forward, suppress the Koreans with rifles and bows, and let Baoyi Aha charge into the formation! The flag men will follow closely, using throwing axes and sticks to break open the spear formation!"
At this time, the Xianglan Banner was facing the wind, so light arrows could not be shot, and heavy arrows could not be shot far. The white-armored soldiers used bows and arrows to shoot against the Ming army's muskets, but they could not gain much advantage at all.
But the matter has come to this, there is no way out, we can only fight to the death.
Amin saw Fei Yingwu's thoughts and said helplessly:
"Go quickly! Let the pikemen form a chaotic formation and let Bao Yi charge into the battle. There will be no undead in the battle. Is it possible to wait for the Great Khan to come and help us fight?"
