The cavalry of 5,000 and 8 flags fought out from Kang Mazi's main formation more than ten miles north of Sanjiangkou Town. When they approached the more than 1,000 people under Zhu Heji's command, they were still very powerful!
The thunderous hoofbeats resounded throughout the battlefield, causing the ground to tremble slightly, and the dust stirred up by the horses' hooves flew all over the sky. Seeing these cavalry coming with great momentum, Zhu Heji seemed to dare not be too bold, and quickly ordered Liu Jinzhong and Ling Zongjun to arrange their more than 1,600 men into a square hollow square formation.
The main body of this quadrilateral square formation is the shirtless spearmen under Liu Jinzhong. One thousand one hundred people are divided into four teams, each team has more than 200 people, and they are divided into two rows at the front and back. The front row is half-kneeling and the back row is upright. The sword of the Zhangba spear in his hand was inserted into the ground, and the tip of the spear was forward, forming a "hedgehog formation".
At the same time, they also used the bucklers they brought with them to cover their heads, faces or bodies to prevent them from being shot by enemy bows and arrows.
The hundreds of people brought by Ling Zongjun were all musketeers, and they were all equipped with large-caliber turtle-dove foot muskets. Most of them were scattered on the four sides of the phalanx. They mounted their muskets on wooden poles, and the barrels of the guns protruded from the pikemen standing in the back row.
The turtle-dove-foot muskets they use are carefully made, and their accuracy is much higher than ordinary muskets. Moreover, these musketeers have practiced marksmanship very hard and have a high probability of hitting an enemy a hundred steps away with their turtle-dove muskets. They are so-called snipers!
In addition, dozens of people who dared to die were sent out by Ling Zongjun and scattered around the formation. These men all carried shields and a dozen zip-line grenade hammers.
They would set up shields in the grass around the formation, and then lurk and wait for the Qing cavalry to approach - if the Qing army launched an attack, they would risk their lives by throwing mines, blowing up the Qing cavalry first! If the Eight Banners soldiers were preparing to fire arrows around the formation, they would also throw grenade hammers at the running cavalry!
If you look for a time traveler to take a look at the tactics used by the Ming army now, you will know that they are a variant of "queue to shoot". Compared with Wu Sangui's "Mandarin Duck Formation" variant, it's still a little less interesting.
However, Zhu Heji's troops have their own cable-type grenades, so the square array now displayed should be very powerful.
But how powerful it is, you have to fight it to know.
Zhu Heji looked extremely satisfied when he saw how quickly his subordinates set up the formation. Then he said to Liu Jinzhong and Ling Zongjun: "Liu Zongrong, Mengren Ling, you two hold the formation... Gujia Lead the cavalry to attack!”
What?
This time, not only Liu Jinzhong was surprised, but Ling Zongjun was also taken aback.
"Sage, the Eight Banners soldiers have thousands of horsemen, and you only have one hundred and fifty horsemen. How can you fight them?"
Liu Jinzhong also said: "Yes, Master, our phalanx is very secure, even if there are thousands of Eight Banners soldiers, we can't defeat it."
Zhu Heji waved his hands and said: "Don't worry, although they have many cavalry, the Gu family's foreign horses are fast. Moreover, the Gu family also has Rasore who can blow them up, enough to make one as twenty as thirty!"
You must defend the phalanx and withstand the first attack of the Eight Banners soldiers... A sudden attack is the most powerful, and then it is time to be discouraged.
As long as we withstand their first blow, we will win a great victory. Even if Kang Mazi cannot be caught, he will not be able to go to Hunan, or even stay in Nanchang or Jiujiang. "
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When Zhu Heji led more than a hundred cavalry and quietly slipped away from the "butt" of the phalanx, the dark Eight Banners soldiers were already arrayed on the open ground to the north of the phalanx. The person commanding these 5,000 Eight Banners soldiers was Tuhai himself, and the person responsible for leading the troops into the battle was Mang Yitu, Mulima's old subordinate who was killed by Kangxi... This guy's father is named Wu Dachan. , is a famous warrior in Manchuria, with the brave title of "Baturu", and he also left Mang Yitu with the third-class Adahaha rank.
And this Mang Yitu is neither too old nor too young, less than forty years old this year, so he caught up with the "butt" of the battle between the Northern Qing Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty. He joined the army in the 15th year of Shunzhi and followed Zhuo Butai to participate in the war to conquer the Southern Ming Dynasty. . In the second year of Kangxi's reign, he followed Mulima to fight against Li Laiheng. As a result, he made great achievements and got a job as Jiangning's co-leader.
This experience, coupled with his macho appearance, has made him one of the few macho men among the "second generation" and "third generation" people.
So even if his old boss Mulima was unlucky, Kangxi would still keep him as a tough man to guard Jiangning.
After Tuhai defeated Guangdong, he also remembered the "reckless man" and transferred him to his subordinates as the commander of the flag camp.
Thanks to his hard work and training, the thousands of Eight Banners cavalry sent from Beijing are now finally able to ride horses, form formations, and charge with their Arma and Mafa... Hundreds and thousands of people ride together Horses will not collide with each other when running, causing traffic accidents, and of course no one will fall off while riding.
Although such Eight Banners soldiers cannot be said to be corrupt, they are not heavenly soldiers either!
In fact, Fu Quan and Tu Hai knew what they were doing, so they had to use five thousand cavalry to defeat the more than one thousand infantry of the Ming Army... Now they have no "flying swords", no cannons, no chariots, just a watch. Just a thin hollow square array. If we use more than three times the number of Eight Flags cavalry to charge, we can't fail!
Looking at the Ming army's formation three miles away on the opposite side, the strong man Mang Yitu could only feel ashamed... Now if his Ama, the old strong man Wu Dachan saw this scene, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
One thousand and several hundred Ming troops were too many to send one Niu Lu's Eight Banners horse-armored troops to attack, but now five thousand were sent, which was one-tenth of the Manchurian celestial soldiers!
Although he felt ashamed in his heart, he also knew that he could not afford to lose this battle... There were tens of thousands of traitors watching the show on the other side of Wuyang River!
They are all Geng Jingzhong. If the Manchurian Heavenly Soldiers are embarrassed, this group of people will most likely turn against them.
Just as he thought of this, a conch horn sounded across the battlefield.
Mang Yitu suddenly pulled out his sword, pointed forward, and shouted loudly: "Manchu warriors, charge!"
The Eight Banners cavalry immediately roared and began to charge. Because the front of the Ming army was very narrow, the more than 5,000 cavalry were divided into three groups. Mang Yi relied on the middle road to hit the front of the Ming army's formation. Tuhai and a red-belted clan named Aixinjueluo Shushu also each led a team of cavalry to attack the left and right sides of the Ming army's formation in a detour.
The five thousand cavalry were like a flood of four colors, splitting into three groups and rushing across the withered fields. Twenty thousand horse hooves beat on the ground like raindrops, and the thunderous sound of hoofs shook the hearts of everyone on the battlefield.
Even Zhu Heji, who slipped out of the phalanx with 150 cavalry and was waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, was also a little excited.
Although the phalanx of Liu Jinzhong and Ling Zongjun was theoretically enough to withstand the impact of these five thousand cavalry, they did not conduct many cavalry confrontation drills... Zhu Heji didn't have many cavalry! So they might be frightened by the oncoming Manchurian cavalry.
But Zhu Heji knew that this kind of foot-cavalry confrontation would have to be faced sooner or later... Because no matter how thick Zhu Heji's golden finger was, he would not be able to get enough war horses for the people below him in the next few years.
His "magic" can't transform a war horse! So he can only "buy it instead of raising it", but he can't buy much.
Therefore, his infantry must have the ability to withstand the impact of several times the enemy's cavalry. Only when they can defeat cavalry on foot can they sweep across Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and then proceed to the northern expedition to the Central Plains.
The four-colored cavalry group was getting closer and closer to the Ming army's infantry formation. The leaping horses and knights filled Zhu Heji's field of vision as he stood and watched. Unknowingly, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
Mang Yitu's cavalry does not need to take a detour, they can just attack face to face, so the closest distance will be the final blow!
At this time, there were already leaping Eight Banners soldiers in front, behind and on his left and right. The money-rat tail-like braids on the back of their heads were swinging left and right in the air. They charged forward and made strange screams, appearing very excited. This allowed Mang Yitu to find some of the feelings he had when he followed Zhuo Butai south to fight Li Dingguo.
He felt that no enemy could stop his Manchurian cavalry... The hollow square formation composed of more than a thousand people in front might collapse on its own before the cavalry could attack them.
In the blink of an eye, the cavalry had entered less than 200 steps in front of the Ming army's formation. Mang Yitu suddenly saw a dozen men wearing cloth armors jumping out of the grass in front of them, and then throwing five or six hammer-like objects at extremely fast speeds. After throwing them, they turned around and ran away.
What does it mean? Throw a grenade hammer? But they didn't light the fire! Have you forgotten? Isn't this too stupid?
Thinking of this, Mang Yitu waved his whip, whipped his horse a few times, and moved forward at full speed!
Suddenly, a fiery red light flashed in front of Mang Yitu's eyes, and then he saw an Eight Banners soldier who was charging on horseback suddenly soared into the clouds and flew towards him backwards...
