When the Jianlu infantry appeared, Ma Xianglin noticed it and immediately ordered the entire army to be on alert. Not only the soldiers of the Ming Army near the side carriages on the west side began to prepare for battle, but also the soldiers of the Ming Army in the rear began to prepare for battle.
At the previous imperial meeting at Wuying Palace, the methods of building captives had been discussed.
Later, during the training outside the capital city, under the auspices of Duke Xingguo, there was a detailed discussion on Jianlu's possible tactics. Especially for this blocking war, it has been deduced many times.
But at this time, nothing about Jianlu was deviated from the estimates during the previous deduction.
Shortly after seeing the arrival of the Jianlu Infantry, one cart after another rolled out, which was still within the range of the previous estimate. Ma Xianglin felt even calmer in his heart.
At this time, he had a feeling. It was under the command of Duke Xingguo that I felt a little inferior.
In a battle like this, Ma Xianglin felt that he could not show off his abilities. Any qualified general should be able to counterattack according to a pre-planned plan.
"Ah, what a pity!" Ma Xianglin said in his heart, and began to take targeted measures against the Jianlu Infantry's attack.
In one of Jianlu's attacks, more than a dozen carts were used. Behind each cart, there was a dedicated Jianlu pushing the cart. The other Jianlu soldiers either held shields, or held muskets and bows and arrows, and hid behind the carriage to follow.
"Dong dong dong..."
The war drums on Jianlu's side were beating, and all the carriages moved forward following the rhythm of the war drums.
The Ming army was waiting in full formation, so quietly that if you didn't look, you would have thought they were asleep.
Slowly, the carriage was getting closer and closer to the Ming army's position.
After arriving within the shooting range, Jianlu's archers began to hide behind the carriage and shoot bows and arrows. They did not require accuracy, but just disturbed the Ming army.
At this time, suddenly, puffs of gunpowder smoke appeared on both sides of the Ming army's position, and then "bang bang bang" gunfire sounded.
As mentioned before, this terrain is the narrowest and is the exit of the two mountains, Daling and Jiashan. In this way, the terrain on the Jianlu side was narrow, while the Ming army side was wider. Therefore, the Ming army's sidecar formation is actually not straight, but curved and curved inward.
Jianlu's carts attacked the Ming army. Once they got close, their carts could not block the Ming army's attacks from both sides.
As soon as the gunfire from the Ming army rang out, it was continuous over there.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The sound of muskets was like hammers hitting Jianlu's heart.
Soon, many Jianlu fell to the ground. In just a short time, Jianlu probably suffered dozens of casualties.
Meng Qiaofang obviously expected this situation, so she was not surprised.
The separate carriages were mainly used to prevent Ming army artillery bombardment. But now the carriages are so close that they are being attacked by the Ming army from the side, and the Ming army's artillery has not been seen yet.
Seeing this situation, Meng Qiaofang couldn't help but turn her head and look at the Ming warships on the beach, and she probably knew what was going on. The Ming army formed a hasty formation, and it was estimated that the artillery would not have time to be transported to the shore.
With this thought in mind, he immediately issued a military order and sent out more than a dozen catapult trucks. They advanced rapidly and joined together with the first batch of catapult trucks to form a wall of catapult trucks, which could effectively intercept the attack from the side of the Ming army.
Then, the war drums that had stopped just now began to beat "dong dong dong" again, and the stopped carriages began to move forward slowly again.
The ground is not flat, only a narrow official road is relatively flat. Most of the places are in the wilderness, and the carts are relatively heavy. To ensure the formation of the carriages, Jianlu's advance would not be too fast.
However, no matter what, the carriages are always advancing slowly.
As time passed, Jianlu's carriage became closer and closer to the Ming army's side carriage.
Turge, who was behind, saw this scene with a smile on his face. As long as the Qing infantry is allowed to get closer, even if there are some casualties during the charge, this Ming army will be finished.
However, his smile only flashed, because he found that from his angle, he could see no panic on the side of the Ming army's position. This means that they have the means to deal with it?
The best way to deal with the carriages is heavy artillery bombardment. Only the bombardment of heavy artillery can smash the carriage to pieces!
He was trying to keep his eyes open to see if there was any shadow of heavy artillery on the Ming army's sidecar. Suddenly, he felt as if the sky was getting dark over the Ming army's side.
Then, Turge's face suddenly showed an incredible expression.
Because he saw dense arrows rising from the Ming army's position and shooting towards the Qing Dynasty's chariot formation.
The carriage can only block frontal attacks, but cannot block attacks from the sky. Although some of the prisoners behind the carriage still carried shields. However, the number of arrows fired by the Ming army was too great and could not be stopped by shields.
Just for a moment, many of the seven or eight hundred prisoners behind the cart fell to the ground. Many people were hit by several arrows, and some even became hedgehogs.
Of course, because Jianlu was wearing armor, a small number of them were directly shot to death, but most of them lost their combat effectiveness, that's for sure.
Jianlu's first wave of infantry attacks ended unexpectedly.
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Seeing this scene, Ma Xianglin couldn't help but sigh again, it's great to have money!
Just now, according to the plan he had made in advance, when Jianlu's carriage approached, tens of thousands of soldiers in the army fired three arrows in a row, which was equivalent to 30,000 arrows, and they all fell on Jianlu. The carriage formation almost covered the entire rear of Jianlu's carriage. How could Jianlu stop it?
This Ming infantry was carried with a bow and two pots of arrows. That's right, including musketeers, pikemen, etc., all Ming army soldiers have them.
According to Xing Guogong, we must learn from Qi Jiguang's army building ideas and maximize the long-range killing of enemies.
This is what Qi Jiguang did when he was transferred to Ji Town in the north for military training.
There is no requirement for accuracy. No matter what type of soldier you are, you all carry a bow and arrow. All you need to do is open the bow and shoot. The density of arrows is used instead of the accuracy of shooting.
It has to be said that this kind of idea of building an army requires strong financial resources as the basis.
Qi Jiguang's method of building an army was not used by him in the end because the financial resources during the Jiajing period could not keep up. Later, after Zhang Juzheng died, he also lost his official position and finally did not fight.
For Zhang Mingwei, who came from later generations, of course he admired Qi Jiguang. It just so happened that Qi Jiguang's idea of building an army was consistent with the idea of firepower coverage in later generations.
Although the current imperial court is not rich, it has been preparing for this battle for so long. On the premise that it must win, it is nothing to spend some money on this war.
Thus, there was the scene that shocked Turg just now.
Meng Qiaofang was also dumbfounded. The rain of arrows just now was only possible if every Ming army soldier shot arrows. But when did the Ming Dynasty become so rich that they equipped all military branches except archers with bows and arrows?
Is this crazy?
It’s not that they can’t even pay military salaries. How could the Ming army get so much money to waste like this?
After a while, Meng Qiaofang came back to her senses.
At this time, all the wounded and wounded soldiers on the battlefield had already fled back. Those who couldn't leave were dragged back by those who could.
After calming down and knowing that everyone in the Ming army was an archer, Meng Qiaofang quickly adjusted her tactics.
He immediately mobilized the sword and shield soldiers. As long as these sword and shield soldiers hide behind the carriage and raise their shields above their heads to form a shield umbrella above their heads, they can deal with the Ming army's money-splitting tactics!
But as a result, long-range troops, such as gunmen and archers, cannot be dispatched.
But it doesn't matter, as long as we can get close to the Ming army, entangle the Ming army, and follow up with the follow-up army, the Ming army will be finished!
"Dong dong dong..."
The loud war drums sounded again.
It seems that this attack is expected, and the Ming army must have no choice. The cavalry on Turge's side also began to get ready to move.
Once they see the infantry rushing over, the cavalry can rush to support as quickly as possible.
However, Turge, who had been watching the formation, felt a little unsure when he saw that the Ming army was not panicking.
Time passed slowly, and the carriage formation slowly got closer and closer to the Ming army's position.
But even so, the rain of arrows from the Ming army did not come again. Obviously, because the Ming army knew that even if they spent more money, they would not pose much of a threat to the Qing infantry.
Thinking of this, Meng Qiaofang grinned and prepared to smile.
However, before he had time to be happy, he saw Ming troops pushing out small wheelbarrow-like vehicles one by one between the side carriages of the Ming army. There are iron cylinders fixed on the body of the car.
As soon as she saw this, Meng Qiaofang immediately realized that it was artillery!
He was right in guessing that what was on this small car was an artillery piece, but it was not a heavy artillery piece. If it is a heavy artillery, there is no way that one or two Ming army soldiers can push it.
I saw these Ming army officers and soldiers who had come out of the side carriage formation. They were basically in groups of two, one holding a torch and the other pushing the carriage, and they took the initiative to greet Jianlu's carriage.
After getting close, he fired the artillery cart and another soldier immediately lit it.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Jianlu people behind the carriage did not know what was going on, but they heard the rumbling sound of cannons. At the same time, they saw that the carriage in front of them was torn apart, and they were all killed and injured in large parts.
Although the artillery of the Ming army was not heavy artillery, once the distance was close enough, the carriages could not stop the iron bullets.
As for the Jianlu infantry, they were all sword and shield soldiers because they were worried about the rain of arrows from the Ming army. They tried their best to hold up their shields to prevent the rain of arrows falling from the sky. For a moment, they thought that the Ming army would take the initiative to rush out of the formation and fire artillery.
Just like that, I got tricked again!
