But at this moment Qi Jiguang shouted loudly again: "We are only three hundred steps away from the front of the formation! The front row of cavalry has already drawn its bows and nocked arrows!"
Everyone on the high platform had already entered the state at this time, as if they saw cavalry galloping in front of them, and they were unable to move due to the two-pronged battle! Moreover, two civil servants who were known as knowledgeable soldiers actually shouted loudly: "Fire artillery! Shoot blunderbuss! Disrupt the opponent's formation!"
Liu Haojia immediately shouted loudly: "Shut up! All troops, hold still! *** will not charge directly into the formation, they will definitely go around! No one is allowed to shoot without orders!"
Sure enough, Qi Jiguang shouted loudly: "The cavalry stopped charging and began to circle to the left, completely surrounding the phalanx!"
When everyone heard this, they all let out a sigh of relief. As expected, Liu Haojia guessed it right! Those cavalry are just intimidation in front of the battle! At the same time, everyone turned their unkind eyes to the two civil servants who just shouted "shoot!" The two of them were sweating profusely and their faces were red!
Liu Haojia sneered and said: "They don't know how to fight, and they are giving random commands here! If they were beheaded in front of the formation at this moment, they would have ordered the army to come! If you do it again, get off the stage!"
Although these two people were scolded by Liu Haojia, they did not dare to say anything. They just bowed their hands and bowed their hands to express their obedience to the order! Seeing this scene, the nobles were proud and proud, and the civil servants were blushing!
This is when Liu Haojia explained loudly: "Firearms have a weakness, that is, they must stop shooting to cool down after firing several times in a row! And the opponent's cavalry came galloping just to intimidate our army into firing firearms! And the opponent is all cavalry, cavalry and cavalry. The distance must be extremely large, so the artillery bombardment will not hurt a few people. Anyway, after the artillery is fired, it will be unable to fire due to overheating when it is used. This is their purpose, so they must not fire randomly!"
Only after everyone heard Liu Haojia's explanation did they know why he didn't order the cannon to fire! It is simply chilling to think about what would happen if the artillery failed to start firing when the enemy was approaching! At this time, Duke Cheng Guo said deliberately: "There have been many inexplicable defeats in the past, which were caused by blind command! It was really the incompetence of one general that killed thousands of armies!"
These words were very unpleasant to the ears of the civil servants, but they had no way to defend themselves, so the civil servants had no choice but to pretend they had not heard it!
At this time, Liu Haojia suddenly said loudly: "Today's wind is southeasterly and southerly! I guess Master Qi should also give the order for the cavalry to assemble in the wind, right?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately turned to look at Qi Jiguang. Sure enough, they saw Qi Jiguang holding on to the railing and laughing, saying, "Sir Liu, you have anticipated the enemy! I am about to give the order for the troops to assemble in the upper reaches!"
At this time, Liu Haojia asked his side to wave flags and gave orders, and then explained: "When the cavalry has the advantage, they can choose any position to attack. Of course, it is best to have the limelight! Because the dust raised can not only cover itself, but the wind and sand can also hit it." The defender’s face makes it difficult for them to see clearly and defend!”
After he finished explaining, everyone saw the phalanx below began to move slowly! And what surprised everyone was that the phalanx could actually maintain its general shape when moving, without any outstanding loopholes! And they completed a 180-degree turn in a very short period of time.
Everyone understood that although the formation was not turning according to the real wind direction, it could complete a 180-degree turn. It would be easier to adjust the formation slightly! Therefore, Liu Haojia's purpose in commanding the phalanx to turn was just to show off his skills! But everyone had to sigh that the soldiers below were well-trained!
But Qi Jiguang directly praised him and said: "Master Liu, you have really trained your troops well! I have prepared two thousand men, waiting for you to attack when you change the formation! But your formation has become so neat and tidy, I have prepared two thousand men." Even the officials didn’t have a chance to take action!”
When everyone heard this, they even let out a burst of admiration. They didn't know whether they were praising Liu Haojia's elite soldiers or Qi Jiguang's cunning! And Liu Haojia chuckled and said, "If Master Qi has any other tricks, just come over and I'll just deal with them one by one!"
Qi Jiguang said: "Okay, in that case I will move first! Listen carefully, I have four thousand cavalry, charging into the formation from four directions!"
Liu Haojia immediately said: "This is a test! They will not get too close to the front of the formation! No one is allowed to shoot. Only when the gunmen are within sixty steps can the firecrackers be fired.
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Qi Jiguang nodded when he heard this and said: "Okay, you have guessed what I am thinking! Now I have withdrawn these 4,000 people and replaced them with another 4,000 people!" Xiu Shuzhu
Everyone just breathed a sigh of relief and became nervous again, turning their heads to Liu Haojia again! Just listen to him still saying: "Hold on, this is still a trial!"
Sure enough, Qi Jiguang conducted similar tests four times, and only on the fifth time did he say: "I will send ten thousand people out to run around your square array, with a distance of two hundred steps! And they will go around more and more." Coming closer, I wonder what Mr. Liu thinks?"
Liu Haojia did not answer Qi Jiguang's question, but directly said: "What are the other two teams of 10,000 people going to do?"
Qi Jiguang was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "Of course we gathered a mile away to rest and build up our power!"
Just before everyone turned their heads, Liu Haojia was heard shouting: "All artillery is aimed at the 20,000 cavalrymen one mile away and fires fifteen rounds! No other artillery is allowed to fire! Attention all unfired gunners, the enemy is approaching the formation." Start shooting in turns when you are sixty steps ahead!"
When Emperor Wanli heard this, he patted the armrest and said, "Explain it! Explain it! I don't understand, can you hit it accurately from a mile away? Isn't this a waste of time to let you go back and get hot?"
Qi Jiguang sighed and said: "Master Liu's reaction is really sharp! At this time, twenty thousand people gathered together are a good target for artillery! Although the casualties caused may not be huge, morale will drop and chaos will also be caused! And the attacking side The 10,000 people in the formation will be furious because the main formation is attacked, and they will speed up and move towards the front of the formation! If the troops are raised in anger, they must be poorly commanded, and they will definitely be hit!"
At this time, Liu Haojia said: "There is one more thing that Mr. Qi should also know! This is the first time that the established fire rifle soldiers have appeared on the battlefield, and those *** cavalry should still regard our troops as ordinary Ming troops. The army came to deal with it, so when they rushed to about 60 steps, the formation was already quite dense, so what will they look like when facing the firecrackers?"
At this moment, everyone immediately remembered the tragic scene of those dummies after the artillery design! Thinking of the dense bullet holes on the dummy after the fire cannon was fired, many people immediately blurted out: "Heavy casualties!"
