"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!!"
War drums were beating continuously in the Qing army's formation, and the low conch horn also sounded on the battlefield at the same time, and the two were intertwined and mixed together.
After experiencing repeated bombardments from platoons and artillery, the soldiers in the front line of the Qing army almost collapsed.
It's just that... in the middle of the battle, due to the Ming army's artillery, Chasuka arranged the light-armored archers who should have been in the front line in the middle, and returned the followers who should have been in the rear. Auxiliary troops were arranged at the front as cannon fodder.
The Hanzhong Army's volley of muskets and shotguns killed most of the followers and auxiliaries of the Qing Army. The light-armored archers who followed also suffered heavy losses.
The dead soldiers at the end did not suffer too many casualties, and the Qing army guard camp behind them also did not suffer many casualties.
The dead soldiers of the Qing army in the rear strode forward. The casualties of the soldiers in the front line did not have a great impact on their morale. Their array was still tight and their pace was still steady.
Accompanied by the rapid sound of war drums, dead Qing soldiers wearing heavy armor and holding swords formed a large formation, pressing towards the Hanzhong Army's formation like a wall.
The casualties in the front line did not scare the Qing dead soldiers in the rear. They traveled between white mountains and black waters all year round, and were used to seeing death and blood.
The blood and death aroused the bloody courage in the hearts of these Jurchen hunters.
They fought wildly, shouted angrily, and vented loudly.
"Kill all these Nikans, leave no one behind!!"
A group of Qing soldiers wearing heavy armor flooded across the wilderness like a tide, rushing straight towards the Hanzhong Army's formation. There was no trace of fear or timidity in their eyes.
Ever since the battle of Salhu, they have never been afraid of these Ming people living in the south!
At this moment, there was only one thought in their minds, which was to kill them, move forward, and kill all the southern soldiers without leaving any trace behind.
The firearms possessed by these Ming troops frightened them and made them panic.
Facing firearms such as firecrackers and artillery, the martial arts they have honed since childhood, their physiques trained since childhood, and the experience they have experienced in hundreds of battles are of no use at all.
The firecrackers and shells were coming, and they were unable to resist them. In the end, they could only end up dead.
The drumbeats of the Hanzhong Army's Central Army sounded like thunder, and the dense drumbeats were like the sudden rain and wind blowing in the mountains and deep valleys.
A group of armored soldiers of the Hanzhong Army kept accelerating their pace according to the rhythm of the drums. Long-term training allowed them to maintain an orderly pace under the rapid drumbeats.
There was no trace of fear in their eyes.
Except for the Liao cavalry in the army, most of the other soldiers of the Hanzhong Army were from Shaanxi. They had lived in Shaanxi for generations and were thousands of miles away from Liaodong.
The Qing army had never been defeated, so how had they ever been defeated? !
Since joining the army, they have almost never stopped training of all kinds.
They fought for thousands of miles and traveled thousands of miles. They fought for their lives with thousands of bandits in the pool of blood, and fought their way out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.
As for the Liao cavalry in the army, there was no fear in their eyes.
As Liao people, the hatred between them and the Qing army was almost impossible to resolve.
When they were in Liaodong, they had no choice. They were just ordinary generals and they had no independent power.
They have courage, but the generals at the top have no courage, and the generals commanding the troops have no courage.
But now everything has changed, and their general does not lack courage.
The rumbling footsteps accompanied the advancement of the Hanzhong Army's formation, followed by the high-spirited war drums and swept forward, colliding head-on with the shouts of killing in the Qing Army's formation.
The bloodiest hand-to-hand combat is coming!
At a distance of twenty steps, even the faces of the people in the formation on the opposite side could be seen clearly.
The soldiers on both sides saw each other's appearance at this time, and both of them were shocked in their hearts.
"Woo————"
The low sound of conch horns came from behind the Qing army's formation, and the pace of the Qing army's formation quickened again.
Almost at the same time, a large number of flying axes suddenly flew out of the Qing army's formation, as well as Tie Guduo and other throwing short soldiers.
Many of the guard camp cavalry who followed were already dismounting and fighting on foot, seizing the last opportunity to shoot heavy arrows.
"put!!"
At the same time, a loud swan sound also sounded from the Hanzhong Army's military formation.
The dismounted infantry and Liao cavalrymen in the rear formation all fired the heavy arrows in their hands.
Chen Wang knew the Qing army's tactics very clearly, so how could he not have any countermeasures?
In front of the two phalanxes, arrows were exchanged and projectiles were scattered everywhere. Soldiers on both sides kept screaming and fell down and were injured.
But no one stopped moving forward.
Thousands of people are lining up and rushing in. How can we allow people to retreat and dodge?
When the people in front fall, the people in the rear will step on the bodies of the people in front and continue to move forward. When the people in the rear fall, the people in the rear will continue to make up. This is the case in the battle formation, without any human kindness. There is no room for any weakness.
The huge pressure impacted the nerves and will of the soldiers in the front lines of both armies.
"kill!!!"
Deafening shouts of killing burst out from the Hanzhong Army's formation, sweeping towards the Qing Army's formation rushing straight ahead.
Thanks to long-term training, the Hanzhong Army's formation remained straight even when people kept falling.
A group of Qing soldiers who rushed straight towards them also shouted loudly. They shouted in incomprehensible Manchu and roared with ferocious expressions.
In front of them, there were forests composed of spears. As far as the eye could see, there were dense spear thorns, and those spear thorns had been put down at this time, and they were rushing towards them.
The Qing army's formation became more and more urgent. The sword and shield soldiers in the front row hunched their bodies and ran quickly. The armor soldiers in the back row all lowered their spears and swords in their hands, and shouted in unison to greet the Hanzhong army's formation. Charge, the dark blue straight line evolved into a curve in the wilderness.
In the blink of an eye, the dark blue torrent collided with the sweeping red tide. Amidst the roar of the mountains and the tsunami, the two armies crossed the gap and met each other at hand-to-hand combat.
The two streams of iron collided head-on, causing countless waves of blood in an instant, and the foul smell of blood spread everywhere in an instant.
Regardless of ancient and modern times or at home and abroad, spearmen are basically the protagonists of close combat in the cold weapon era.
It is much easier to train a qualified spearman than it is to train a sword and shield.
Moreover, one long spear and a hundred long spears are not simple additions and subtractions. As the number of spearmen increases, quantitative changes can also lead to qualitative changes.
When the spearmen form a large formation, the opponent often has to pay a huge price if they want to break it.
The front line of the Hanzhong Army was almost all spearmen, and there were also a lot of spearmen in the Qing army.
However, the Qing army was the one launching the attack, and most of the people in the front line still held swords and shields.
Many times when two armies meet, it is a stranglehold between gun formations to see which side can withstand casualties and remain undefeated.
But swords and shields can also break through spear formations. The advantage of a spear is its length, but its disadvantage is also its length.
As long as the sword and shield soldiers can rush forward and open a gap anywhere, a phalanx of spears will soon be shattered.
The Ming army had a numerical advantage and had a large number of cavalry. They were encircling them from all directions.
Surrounded from all sides, it is a desperate situation.
If you want to survive from a desperate situation, you must defeat all the enemies before they are encircled.
This is how they won the Battle of Salhu.
No matter how many ways you came, I only went one way.
As long as one road is broken first, the enemy's morale can be greatly reduced.
Husband fights with courage.
Once the courage is lost, the battle will be lost.
Every time they defeated a group of Ming troops, the rest of the Ming troops would scramble to flee for their lives, or be afraid to move forward to preserve their strength.
The generals of the Ming army could only fight their servants. If the servants in their hands were gone, the officers would be at their wits end.
As the opponents of the Ming army, they couldn't understand it better.
The horns were blaring and the drums were beating loudly. The two formations were rushed into chaos. The generals of both armies shouted loudly to maintain the formation.
Red waves kept rising in the tide, and the sounds of swords piercing flesh, blunt weapons hitting hammer bones, and shrill screams continued continuously.
Sharp knives and sharp spears are constantly harvesting human lives.
A Qing army sword and shield soldier wearing cloth-covered iron armor lowered his body to avoid a spear that was coming straight at him, and then he leaned forward with his body hunched.
Then he used the upper edge of the shield in his left hand to push up the barrel of another spear. The sword in his right hand was pressed against the head of the last spear in front, and he pushed it forward quickly.
The sword and shield soldiers of the Qing army are all experienced veterans. They have fought many battles, and breaking formations with sword and shield is very familiar to them.
The Qing saber shield player moved forward with a ferocious expression, breaking the formation and choosing a front. He had already won the first victory in this battle!
Usually at this time, the psychological defense line of the Ming army's pikemen has basically collapsed.
As long as they take advantage of the situation and rush into the military formation, the Ming army's spearmen will fall apart in an instant.
But... his vision soon fell into the void.
Just when he took a step forward, a spear came out like a poisonous snake and stabbed hard into his chest.
The Qing army had quick hands, swords and shields, and retracted its shield to protect its chest.
A harsh sound suddenly sounded, and the huge force caused the shield in the hands of the Qing Saber Shieldman to tilt. Before he could react, another spear attacked again.
The sharp spear head pierced the Qing soldier's neck, directly piercing the neck guard of the Qing saber shield hand, and pierced the Qing soldier's throat.
When the armored soldiers of the Qing army rushed into the formation, they were almost always attacked by several weapons. Even those who were lucky enough to get close would be dealt with by the dismounted Liao cavalry in the rear formation fighting on foot.
In the formation of the Hanzhong Army, densely packed spears were constantly thrust out and retracted. The formation of spears one foot and four feet long blocked the momentum of the Qing army's formation.
Most of the standard spears of the Ming army were one foot, two feet and five inches long. The spears produced by the Ordnance Bureau of Hanzhongwei were one foot and four feet long, one foot and five inches long.
An inch longer is an inch stronger. A longer spear is more advantageous in combat, but the requirements for the quality and skills of the soldiers are higher.
The same situation is constantly happening in various parts of the line. The reason why the spear formation is difficult to break is precisely because when the spearmen gather together to form a spear formation, not only the soldiers in the first row can use spears to attack, but also the second row of soldiers can attack with spears. Lancers in the , third, and even fourth and fifth rows can also participate in offense and defense.
However, the coordination between multiple rows of spearmen requires long-term training and a lot of actual combat, otherwise once they encounter experienced sword and shield soldiers, they will be defeated in an instant.
As for the Hanzhong Army under Chen Wang, what they lack most is training and actual combat.
Although facing the Qing army and facing the rogue bandits were completely two extremes, their long-term training allowed them to block the first wave of the Qing army's offensive.
The sound of spears piercing flesh, the sound of gold and metal clashing, and the sound of armor stabbing could be heard endlessly. People on both sides continued to fall. The dead and injured were everywhere in front of the two armies. The flowing blood gathered into streams on the grass, towards the Low-lying areas keep gathering.
On a battlefield that was more than a hundred steps long, the military formations of both sides were strangled together, like a huge meat grinder, constantly harvesting the lives of soldiers on both sides.
The Qing army was in the middle of the formation, and Zhasuka looked gloomily in the direction of the front formation.
From the beginning when the Ming army launched the charge, he knew that this battle would be difficult to win.
During the battle, although the Ming army was at a disadvantage in the hand-to-hand combat, they did not collapse.
This Ming army blocking their front was different from all the Ming armies he had encountered before.
The soldiers in the front line fell, and the soldiers in the back line stepped forward without hesitation.
Zhasuka's eyes went beyond the former's position and looked towards the rear of the Ming army's front line.
Behind the Ming army's spear formation were a group of armored soldiers wearing Ming helmets and armor. Those armored soldiers seemed to be set up to mark the guard camps in their army.
He was watching the armored soldiers dismounting from their horses and forming formations on foot.
Zhasuka's eyes turned to the two wings. There were a huge number of Ming troops on both wings. At the beginning, there were only about a thousand infantrymen on the two wings, but now the number of Ming troops gathered on both wings exceeded 3,000.
The armor soldiers he arranged to rush into the formation gained a considerable advantage on both wings, but the Ming troops on both wings did not collapse and were still resisting tenaciously.
Zhasuka's face was ashen, when did the Ming army become so tenacious.
"Blow the suona and switch to attack!"
Zhasuka put down the last thought in his heart and issued a new order.
The crown on his neck is definitely no longer safe. The most important thing right now is to protect the people under his command as much as possible.
The loud sound of the suona instantly spread throughout the Qing army's formation, resounding in the fields outside Zhending City.
The sound of the suona is extremely penetrating, even though it is hundreds of steps away, Chen Wang can still hear it clearly.
The suona sound coming from the Qing army's formation was extremely sudden. Chen Wang subconsciously held the riding crop in his hand tightly. He knew exactly what the suona sound represented.
Chen Wang raised his eyes and looked at the large formation in front, but he did not see the white-armored soldiers of the Qing army wearing Mingjia.
While Chen Wang was searching, a loud noise suddenly came from the left.
Chen Wang's heart sank, and he turned his head sharply to look to the right.
The formation of the Zuoying rear camp under the command of Sun Chuanting on the left wing has collapsed. Several groups of Qing army white-armored soldiers wearing silver-white armor pierced their formation like sharp swords, confusing them into a mess.
The Qing army's wandering cavalry had also begun to gather towards the left wing, and the Qing army on the right and front retreated like a tide.
The armored cavalry guards of the Qing army came out suddenly and began to divide the battlefield and cover the withdrawal.
I originally didn’t want to write so many war scenes, but I didn’t control it well. I wrote too much at once, and I will update the plot immediately later.
