The People's Army came, and Song Yingchang also brought the Ming army to meet him. Thousands of Ming troops did not arrive in Xinfeng County. Song Yingchang's hands were close to 80,000 troops. In Song Yingchang's view, the troops in his hands were enough to defeat the enemy.

On the open battlefield in the southeastern area of ​​Xinfeng County, the People's Army and the Ming Army arrived one after another, as if two dark clouds were about to collide, and even the earth was shaking slightly.

The two armies were more than two miles apart and began to line up one after another.

Both armies had artillery to send shells two miles away, but the further the distance, the lower the accuracy and the smaller the power. The People's Army basically had to wait for the Ming army to enter a range of 1,000 meters before firing artillery. In the past, the Ming army would fire at a distance of 500 meters or even closer. Now the Ming army also learns from the People's Army and will fire artillery when the distance is one thousand meters.

At such a long distance, it was very difficult for the People's Army to determine the Ming army's artillery position and could only be bombed.

At the forefront of the Ming army array, one after another appeared, all of which were reinforced and thickened in the front and pushed forward from behind through manpower. Through such strange chariots, they reached the sharp firearms of the People's Army.

Song Yingchang obtained this method from the Huguang army. In addition to this method, it can withstand the lead bullets shot from the tiger-headed spear, and it can also use a stronger large shield. However, this large shield takes more time to build it, and there are few people in the Ming army who can pick up such large shields. They travel very slowly on the battlefield, so it is better to build a chariot.

The forefront of the Ming army was a row of combat chariots. Behind the chariots, the Ming soldiers, musket soldiers, knives and shield soldiers, and spearmen were lined up in sequence.

Apart from this chariot, the strangest thing was that Song Yingchang, who was located in the central army, and a group of Ming army generals and officers were all wearing the clothes of ordinary soldiers.

Song Yingchang knew about Guo Cheng, Cui Zhengxin, Liu Yuanji and others being killed in the army. When Song Yingchang learned about this, his first thought was not to believe it. It was not to believe that Guo Cheng, Cui Zhengxin, Liu Yuanji and others were killed in the army, but to not believe that the death of these people was caused by the People's Army's magic.

If the People's Army really knows magic, then the Ming Dynasty will really die.

Thinking of the People's Army's sharp firearm with a very long range, Song Yingchang felt that there should be a more powerful firearm in the People's Army that can attack at a longer distance and have very high accuracy.

The generals in armor were very conspicuous in the army and were shot and killed by the People's Army with the firearm.

Thinking of this, Song Yingchang ordered all generals and officers to change into the clothes of ordinary soldiers and let some soldiers change into their clothes.

In a war with a total number of more than 100,000 people, conspiracies and tricks have no effect anymore. This war relies on head-on battles.

The People's Army has a commonly used formation on this side. The two infantry battalions of the Firearms Unit are arranged in three horizontal rows at the front. On the left and right sides of the infantry battalion, the troops and grenadiers are surrounded on three sides, and then the cold weapons unit. The artillery battalions of the Firearms Unit have already built artillery positions on both wings of the army.

In the middle of the People's Army array, there are grenadier troops in front and cold weapons troops behind. Wang Shengrong is in charge. Behind Wang Shengrong is a tall flag with red gold characters and embroidered with three big characters "People's Army". This is the flag of the People's Army. It is very simple and ordinary, but it is the spiritual sustenance of the People's Army soldiers.

The military flag will not fall and the battle will not retreat. It is the same for the People's Army and the Ming Army.

"Beat the drum!"

At the command of Song Yingchang, the Ming army's war drums rang slowly.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!

The sound of war drums spread throughout the Ming army array. When the sound of war drums was heard, the coachmen at the forefront of the Ming army array slowly pushed the heavy chariot forward. The Ming soldiers behind them held the weapons in their hands tightly. Many people had sweated from their foreheads under the influence of the depressed atmosphere on the battlefield.

"Will I die?"

"I want to survive!"

"Kill all the thieves and our army will win!"

"Kill and kill! I want to kill a few more thieves, and it will be at this time to get promoted and get rich."

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Various ideas kept popping up in the minds of the Ming soldiers. The Ming army had nearly 80,000 troops and the People's Army had more than 60,000 troops. The two sides combined had as much as 140,000. In such a large-scale battle, I don't know how many people would die in battle, and I don't know how many people would be disabled due to injuries.

The war had not yet begun, and many Ming soldiers were scared. They joined the Ming army to make a living or support the family, and no one wanted to die.

In the daily life, the Ming army was not killed or injured, and the Ming army was not afraid of bandits and bandits.

But the People's Army is not a bandit. The Ming army has nearly 80,000 troops and the People's Army has more than 60,000 troops. The gap between the two sides is not big. If you want to decide the outcome of the battle, at least tens of thousands of people will die. No one will guarantee that they can survive on this battlefield. Once they die and become disabled, their family will be over.

They really don't want to fight, but they have reached this point and have no choice. When a deserter dies, it's better to fight on the battlefield.

Some Ming soldiers were preparing to be sloppy and wanted to survive by pretending to be dead.

The Ming soldiers were afraid of death, but there were also a small number of Ming soldiers who wanted to kill more enemies and make more contributions on the battlefield, and get promoted and make money. Such an opportunity was too rare, and it was not easy for them to be snatched away by their superiors. As long as they made merits, they would get rid of their status as low-level soldiers and be less exploited and exploited by their superiors.

The Ming army officers led the exploitation and exploitation of small soldiers, just like the landlords' exploitation of tenants. It is enough for the soldiers' family to survive, and the officers will not care about what kind of life they live.

The soldiers of the Ming army and the soldiers of the People's Army were also afraid of death, especially those new recruits who had only joined the People's Army in the past two months. This was the first time they went to the battlefield. No matter how many trainings they had conducted before, even if they had participated in the suppression of bandits, they were far from comparable to this war.

They are afraid of death, and at the same time they want to win this battle. They know that behind them is the place where their family lives, and it is the People's Army that allows their families to live a good life soon. This good life is hard-won. They are unwilling to take away this good life. For their family, for this hard-won good life, and for the poor people in the world, they are willing to fight to the death!

The "veterans" in the People's Army are better. They have participated in more battles. They have witnessed the People's Army winning battles again and again. In their hearts, the People's Army is invincible, and even the strongest enemy will be defeated by the People's Army.

The Ming army advanced, and Wang Shengrong also issued an order to advance. The People's Army slowly advanced forward. Not long after, Wang Shengrong issued another order to fire the firearms troops. The three Folang machine gun battalions fired at the Ming army array with the maximum range!
Chapter completed!