Cao Wenzhao looked at the situation on the battlefield with an increasingly serious expression.
The bandits on the left wing are gathering, and in a quarter of an hour they will be able to regroup and press forward again.
The rogue infantry on the right was just a hundred steps away, watching eagerly, and there was also a cavalry lingering around, harassing the central and rear troops of the side.
Directly in front was the elite cavalry of the bandits. They were chasing after him, but when he led his army into the military formation.
The team of rogue knights did not dare to follow and charge into the formation. They were now swimming in front, like a pack of wolves on the grassland waiting for their prey to reveal its flaws.
Cao Wenzhao knew clearly that if the military formation showed any signs of failure.
These cavalry will reveal their fangs at the first opportunity, open their bloody mouths, charge straight at them, and burst through the gaps to tear the entire formation to pieces.
If the military formation is to remain stable, the evacuation will be extremely slow and it will inevitably become a live target for enemy artillery.
The enemy's artillery was too heavy a blow to morale. If the enemy's artillery were a little more accurate, even if he was sitting in the military formation, it would be of no avail.
And if we evacuate quickly, then the unorganized military formation will inevitably reveal flaws. This is a dead end.
The artillery among the bandits should be old artillery belonging to Qingyang Guard. The southern border of Qingyang Mansion has fallen, so it is not impossible to get a few artillery pieces.
Cao Wenzhao's eyes circled around the perimeter, and finally fell on Chen Wang again and said.
"The bandits don't know how to use cannons. What they got should be old cannons from Qingyang Mansion. They can only shoot at a distance of three or four hundred paces. If they retreat a hundred steps back and extend the distance to four hundred paces, they will be able to fire No threat."
There are Qingyang Guards in Qingyang Mansion, and these bandits' artillery should have been captured from Qingyang Guards.
The guards were unable to fight. When they saw the bandits coming, they had no time to escape. They had no idea of destroying their weapons.
Cao Wenzhao frowned slightly and said in a deep voice.
"It's just that you can't move without permission now. More than half of the casualties in the front are lost, and morale is low. The enemy troops who maintain the military formation dare not move without permission. Once the military formation is moved and there are flaws, the rogue knights will find an opening to rush in, and nine times out of ten they will not be able to block it. .”
This is a dead end...
Cao Dingjiao followed Cao Wenzhao's gaze and looked at Chen Wang with some confusion. He recognized this servant who had been following his uncle.
He remembered that Chen Wang didn't seem to have any merit other than his bravery, and he probably knew nothing about the art of war and military formations.
Now, at this critical moment, his uncle seemed to be... asking Chen Wang for his opinion?
However, no matter how many questions he had in his heart, Cao Dingjiao did not question it. The generals following Cao Dingjiao did not speak when they saw Cao Dingjiao, so naturally they would not say any unnecessary words.
Everyone's eyes were also focused on Chen Wang because of Cao Wenzhao's inquiry.
Being stared at by many eyes at the same time did not make Chen Wang feel any discomfort, because his attention was not on the formation, but on the outside.
Sweat flowed down his face. Chen Wang controlled his breathing and scanned the situation on the battlefield.
After this battle, his evaluation in Cao Wenzhao's heart will definitely no longer be that of a brave and brave man, and all his efforts will be rewarded.
But all of this needs to be able to survive this battle.
Now that the vigorous exercise had stopped, Chen Wang began to feel hot all over, and sweat had wet the clothes under his armor.
It's only June now, and although it's not the hottest period yet, it can already affect people's normal activities.
The same goes for the infantrymen who lined up to fight. They marched in armor all the way from Qiutou Town and arranged themselves in formation. Many of them were already sweating profusely.
Chen Wang heard Cao Wenzhao's words, and Chen Wang felt helpless.
Neither his original body nor his later generations had any experience in commanding an army in combat.
If I insist on having a connection, I only have experience in games such as the Total War series, which can barely make a connection.
It's just a real war, so how can it be deduced from an ordinary game.
But the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. Chen Wang composed himself, tightened his grip on the reins, and expressed his opinion in a deep voice.
"The enemy troops on the left haven't massed yet, and the enemy troops on the right are a hundred steps away. They are waiting for artillery to blast away the formation."
"The most important thing now is the bandit elite cavalry at the forefront, which is difficult to deal with..."
Cao Dingjiao's expression moved slightly. What he was thinking was the same as Chen Wang's analysis.
This analysis is already at the level of an ordinary officer's vision, rather than a big-headed soldier who only knows how to follow orders and rush to kill. This is completely different from the previous Chen Wang.
Chen Wang's eyes swept across everyone in the formation.
Cao Wenzhao was transferred to Datong Town, and the Liaodong soldiers who went south with him were also transferred back because of the war on the northern front. Only their more than 400 servants were transferred with them. Now most of the rest of the troops are soldiers from the original Datong camp. , dispatched and dispatched.
Different from Liaodong and other towns, although Datong Town is also one of the nine sides, the camp soldiers are equipped with many firearms, not limited to three-eyed blunderbuss, but also many bird blunderbuss.
Although Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao had always been at odds with each other, in Shaanxi, he did not record his achievements in dozens of battles.
But you still know how to measure at critical moments. As a vanguard in this battle, you got a lot of ordnance, which are all good products in the army.
Among them, expensive rockets such as Yishengfeng and Hundreds of Tigers Bend are equipped with a lot of them.
You know, a hundred tigers galloping together requires at least dozens of kilograms of gunpowder and hundreds of feather arrows. Not counting the wooden frame underneath, the cost alone is seven or eight taels of silver.
It was common practice for the Ministry of Works to be greedy, and in the end there were no more than ten taels that could not be sent to the army at all.
It can be held in a swarm, and the cost is relatively low, but it also requires three or four taels of silver to obtain.
This amount is enough for a soldier to pay for several months. This war is not fought at all, but with money.
"Since the enemy's fine cavalry is waiting for our army to reveal its flaws..."
Chen Wang glanced at the three-eyed gun in his right hand and felt confident.
"In this case, let's use the strategy to show the enemy's weakness first and lure them into the formation."
"Concentrate the army's bird cannons, three-eyed cannons and other firearms in the front line, place a hundred tigers and a swarm of bees in the central area, and then transport the tiger crouching artillery coefficient to the rear to deploy and stabilize the front, as a response, Be prepared for enemy attacks."
"firearm?"
Cao Wenzhao raised his eyebrows slightly. He had been dealing with the Mongols and the Jiannu for many years, so he didn't know much about firearms.
"There is no chariot for cover, only military formation..."
When the words came to an end, Cao Wenzhao did not say any more. He originally wanted to say that he was afraid that he would not be able to stop the cavalry from charging into the formation.
But he suddenly remembered that Chen Wang had been his servant when he was still a boy, and he had killed many Tartars with his own hands.
Since Chen Wang dares to make such a remonstrance, he should have his own considerations.
