Chapter 592: Death due to bloody battle

The front troop of the Ming army fled in scattered like ducks driven away. Anyone with the courage to charge died under the shooting of muskets.

In this kind of array shooting, the three square arrays lean against each other as horns and follow each other. There are two square teams behind them as supporters. When fighting, they have no worries about their flanks and the rear. They just need to fight with the people in front of them. The range of the musket can reach about 150 steps. This actually lengthens the width and length of the square array of 1,600 people.

The Ming army had no less than 20,000 soldiers, and they rushed over in such a mess. It even seemed that they wanted to surround the Huazhou army there. However, within 100 steps outside the three infantry regiments of Huazhou, there was no living Ming army. As long as the opponent rushed into the range of the musket, they would immediately open fire and fire. Occasionally, those who rushed to the front of the formation would be stabbed to death by several spears.

The drums that controlled the pace and rhythm of the Huazhou Army rang intermittently. For every fifty steps forward and one hundred steps alive, the soldiers would stop, adjust the queue, and then start fire and shoot to fight.

The reason why the continuous advancement and stopping was not only that the queues in the march needed to be kept neat and not confused at all times, but also that during the period when they stopped, the surrounding Ming army either fled or were killed. Soon there were no enemies as the target, and they could only go forward even more. At least there were more Ming army ahead.

The main generals on both sides were disappointed. The general of Liao Town Li Gufeng could no longer maintain a calm expression, his face was extremely gloomy. The 20,000 troops were still the main force in Liao Town, but they were so easily dispersed and defeated by the opponent. Moreover, the number of Ming army was far greater than that of the opponent, but they were pushed over by the opponent so hard. He had no ability to resist, compared to artillery. Although he could find a few more useful ones after the artillery attack, Li Gufeng completely gave up when he saw the power and tactics of the Huazhou Army.

The defeated soldiers ran to both sides and behind, and some ran to the wings. If they were lucky, they would escape their lives. Those who ran back to their own formation were more unlucky.

The reason why all teams in front of the formation is that they are afraid that each other will be affected by the chaos. The defeated soldiers in the front team will come back. If they are not stopped, all formations will be chasing by these defeated soldiers. There will be no need to continue fighting at that time. I am afraid that all the defeated soldiers will be everywhere in the mountains.

There is no need to continue fighting in this battle, and there will be no doubt that the loss will be. Not only Li Gufeng, but also the Ming army officers at all levels have issued orders to die, and if the nearest defeated soldiers are killed immediately.

At this time, the Ming army and the Huazhou army jointly massacred the defeated soldiers in the middle. The scattered soldiers gradually found the way, and no one dared to run towards the back, and they all scattered to both sides. Moreover, these defeated soldiers also discovered a truth, that is, if they held weapons in their hands, the pursuit of the Huazhou army would not stop. If they ran away empty-handed, no one would pay attention to it.

In order to survive, people sometimes don’t care about anything. They throw their weapons and run away with their heads in their arms. The Huazhou Army’s idea is very simple. If these defeated soldiers take their weapons to the flanks and get gathered together, it is still a hidden danger. But if they throw away their weapons, they will not cause any storm. If he goes there, the land in Liao Town still needs a large number of strong laborers to farm and are unwilling to kill them.

Although the central army where Li Gufeng of the Ming army was located struggled to maintain the formation and order, they did not feel happy at all. They had no way to deal with this tactic of Huazhou. They thought that the soldiers in the front team could not stop it, and we could not withstand it. The range of bows and arrows and firearms was not as long as the opponent's muskets, and the power was not as good as that of the opponent's muskets. Apart from more than a hundred steps, they were killed by the opponent's muskets. How could they fight in this battle?

The central army struggled to maintain it, but the morale of the soldiers was already extremely low and could not fight. You could see that the formation seemed stable, but in fact it was restless.

Everyone can understand this situation. Under Li Gufeng's commander's flag, the staff and guards around Li Gufeng all looked bad. Today's battle seems to be a foregone conclusion. The problem is to what extent the defeat should be controlled. Finally, someone couldn't help but ask the general of Liao Town Li Gufeng in a low voice and said:

"Master, let's retreat temporarily and defend the city. What's the plan?"

Hearing the staff's advice, Li Gufeng turned his head and looked at it. Although there was no expression on his face, he was startled by the staff member and said repeatedly:

"Master General, the current situation is very unfavorable to our army. If we stay on the battlefield for a while, we will lose more troops. Shenyang and Liaoyang have been in operation for many years. If we retreat, we may not be able to support it. At that time, reinforcements will be sent within the pass. It will not be too late for us to fight again at that time."

The central city of Liao Town is Shenyang. Liaoyang also has Guangning, which is in a key position. Liaoyang is the capital of Liao Town, the general's shogunate is located, Shenyang is the largest city, Guangning guards the entire Liao Town's last gateway into the pass. The significance of Liao Town and Ji Town is to protect the capital.

To prevent Mongolia and other barbarian tribes, and even North Korea from invading from these two directions, it is always willing to invest in the construction of city fortresses. This is also the norm. Sometimes money is spent on training and equipment purchase. I don’t know how much corruption will be made by the person in charge. It is also difficult to quantify and approve it. Spend silver on the construction of city fortresses. At least there is a project there for easy assessment.

It would be fine if there were not many big cities in Jizhen. Shenyang, Liaoyang and Guangning were all built by the generals of several generations of generals. Their industries and mansions were also in the city, so naturally they had to be more reliable in defense. Many of the Ming army's cannons were placed on the top of the city, and the city's defense can be said to be very complete.

Li Gufeng, the general of Liao Town, did not want to get angry. The staff saw that the general did not speak, and also stopped to explain embarrassedly. However, Li Gufeng was not staring at him, but looked around the reaction of the people around him. Everyone's expressions were timid, but it seemed that they obviously agreed with the staff's opinion of retreating. Li Gufeng, the general of Liao Town, shook the horse whip in his hand a few times in the air, and suddenly ordered:

"I'm passing on my general order, the guerrilla Qiu Feng, and led a team of three thousand horses to rush forward. The infantry and soldiers of the Dingliao Right Guard cooperated and immediately came out!"

After giving this order, the personal guards around him took the token order and hurried to Qiu Feng's team to pass the order, the three thousand horse team and the infantry of one guard. There were nearly 10,000 people. The level of a guerrilla was far from enough. This was actually a general who was preparing to promote Qiu Feng as the commander.

Everyone was puzzled and thought that what they were talking about just now was about retreat, so why did they suddenly promote an officer? Qiu Feng seemed to be a brave and brave character. He controlled the situation there in a calm manner. He was indeed a talent, and it was not an exaggeration to promote it, but why did he make adjustments at this time?

The Huazhou Army's array also had to wait for the dispersed Ming army to escape completely before continuing to advance. Moreover, the continuous shooting and fighting just now had to cool down the muskets. In fact, if you want to attack the Huazhou Army's position, the best time is to cool down the muskets, but Huazhou only had 8,000 people and 4,800 people were fighting there. The impact was really dangerous.

Qiu Feng was indeed a trustworthy general. After the order was passed down, the army, which had already had a fluctuating morale, was gathered by him according to the necessity of the order and gathered in front of the queue. The slow movement of the Huazhou army did not greatly oppress the Ming army.

There was enough space left between the two sides. I don’t know if Qiu Feng knew how bad he was this time. But he saw that he was very calm and arranged it was very strange. The cavalry was fast and he should be charging forward. However, Qiu Feng, the guerrilla in Liao Town, was quite strange. He didn’t know what he said to the horse team. He actually drove the infantry to the front. The horse team formed a half-moon formation and stuck behind the infantry formation.

No one is foolish in front of him. They all understand how the infantry is willing to do so. However, the military power of the horse team is not only condescending, but the soldiers of the horse team have always been braver and have a comprehensive advantage than the infantry. As long as there is reaction from behind, they will immediately take a look at it.

It did not take too much time. The army led by Qiu Feng began to rush towards the eight thousand Huazhou troops in front. There was a horse team behind the scenes to supervise the battle and urge them. There was a deadly firearm of the Huazhou troops in front. They could not run away. They could die if they went there. Instead, they stimulated the fierceness of the right guard soldiers in Dingliao. In other words, the rabbit bites people even if they are anxious.

The current situation is very strange. The formation of the Three Thousand Horses is very curved, almost wrapping five thousand infantrymen inside. Moreover, these people do not care about the friendship of their colleagues at all. Once the infantry retreats, they are chopped down. The infantry has no choice but to rush forward desperately.

Although the contrailer increased the speed and frequency of shooting through diligent training, rotation of queues, or the quantification of ammunition, there must be a time interval between them. The Ming army had shrunk before the war, and was hit by the musket and fled in all directions.

Now, when advancement is dead and retreat is dead, we have to rush forward. After losing more than 2,000 people, five thousand infantrymen finally rushed to the front of the Huazhou military formation.
Chapter completed!