The Eight Banners of the Han Army originally appeared as the firearms troops of the Qing Dynasty. They can be said to be the army that is most skilled in these "high-tech" weapons among the Qing army, but when facing the Ming army in Zhejiang, all this became their weakness.

In contrast, the number of various artillery and bird guns of the Han army far exceeded that of the Ming army on the opposite side. However, the use of weapons often has no regard for the number. The Qing army's firearms were originally inherited from the Ming army and also existed in the Ming army in Zhejiang. Therefore, the artillery, shooters and staff officers of the Ming army are well aware of the range and power of these weapons.

From the range of these weapons, the Ming army discovered that the eight banners of the Han army had insufficient firepower output between 70 and 120 steps, while the Ming army had Lumi guns to suppress the Qing army at this distance, so the scene just now appeared on the battlefield.

This is a last resort, but if you go to another few rounds, I am afraid that even if the firearms troops are not completely destroyed, the morale of the army will fall to the bottom. Instead of being passively beaten, it is better to give it a try.

"Brother Liu, as far as you know, what will they react after our army launches an attack?"

Although he was really disappointed with Liu Zhiyuan's understanding of the Eight Banners of Hangzhou garrisons facing the Ming army, he was always better than the officers under his command who had just arrived and were blinded. So when he was determined to launch an attack, Shi Tingzhu immediately chose to consult Liu Zhiyuan.

Relatively speaking, running forward and the use of new firearms made Liu Zhiyuan lose face in front of Shi Tingzhu, the boss of the Han army's Eight Banners who could speak in the Qing court. However, he still watched the officer of the Luxing Left Camp in Hangzhou practice and explained it with his own eyes on the school grounds in Hangzhou, and he still knew about the subsequent reaction.

After pondering for a while, confirming that there is no deviation from the memory, Liu Zhiyuan explained to Shi Tingzhu: "The bandits used Qi Jiguang's mandarin duck formation. When they were in the battle, in order to prevent the killing of the projected weapons of the official army, they would let the soldiers holding the long soldiers hide behind the long cards and rattan players, and immediately press the formation with the wolf silo after the projection was completed to change the formation. Most of them are the third-level talent formation, and occasionally they will use the third-level talent formation, which depends on the plan of the thief Chen Wen."

"Um."

Shi Tingzhu was quite satisfied with this answer, at least not as ignorant as before. Before that, the Eight Banners of Hangzhou garrisoned also made tactical adjustments to the Ming army to give full play to the firepower advantages of the bird guns in the army, and reduce the Ming army's use of wolf wises and long cards to reduce killing, which is also considered to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Although the Niulu used in the siege battle is basically the Niulu of Hangzhou garrisoned Eight Banners, those Niulu still need to be rested and cannot be the main force in the field, he was still full of confidence in the Niulu under his command, which was formed when Huang Taiji was still alive.

The flag was leaning forward and the war drums were ringing. The Qing army, which had been suppressed for a long time, could no longer bear it. After receiving the order to attack, the Qing army's infantry in the brigade began to cross the gunners and bird gunners, and strode forward in the Ming army's shooting. The only ones who could keep up with them were the archers, who were still relying on the upward shooting to provide long-range killing.

The Qing army infantry advanced forward in great strides, while the Qing army's cavalry was still circling on the flanks of the Ming army, harassing them. Looking at everything in front of him from afar, Shi Tingzhu recalled Liu Zhiyuan's previous explanation and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. But when he was full of thought that the Ming army's archers would shoot for another round or two and then retreat on their own, he saw a scene that he could not imagine.

When the Qing army approached about fifty steps, the Ming army's infantry archers and musketeers did not retreat into the formation. Instead, the Ming army infantry behind them emerged. At the same time as a sound of war drums, the tiger roared and shouted and rushed towards the Qing army's formation.

Morale is the only thing the Ming army can rely on now. After yesterday's day and night, the Ming army was physically exhausted, and now it is all supported by spirit. Beyond the predecessors they look up to, this is the source of the high morale of the Ming army. Since the Qing army has defeated the Qing army to decide the outcome by hand-to-hand combat, then it seems too conservative and too passive to switch to the vertical formation to catch the enemy as usual. It is far better to rush forward directly and let the Qing army taste the power of infantry assault.

On the battlefield, the Ming infantry of the three battalions began to rush towards the opponent they were facing. In the Long Gun Formation Killer Team, Long Gun Formation Holding a shield in front, the long Gun Formation Killer Team pointed at the Qing army diagonally as they did when they were fighting on weekdays. The Yuanyang Formation Killer Team was the same, but they just replaced the weapons with those wolf squids and spears.

While the infantry launched a charge, the flanks would be exposed under maneuver. At this time, the cavalry of the Ming army also maintained its formation and rushed straight to the Qing army on the flanks, intending to involve more Qing troops and eliminate the flanks on the flanks invisibly.

The sudden eruption of the fiery red magma did not make the old soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Han army feel fear, but instead aroused their fighting spirit even more. When the Ming army suddenly launched an attack, the Qing army rushed over without showing any weakness.

Starting from fifty steps, as the distance between them continued to shorten, the sky was no longer just the ejected bows and arrows intersecting each other. In the Qing army, weapons such as javelins flew out occasionally, and the closer they were, the more the number of those weapons was.

In a blink of an eye, the front defecation of the Ming and Qing armies entered a distance of only about twenty steps. The Qing army began to stop and re-form the formation, but the Ming army did not do so. Instead, they rushed up with a more violent attitude.

The spear was like a forest, pointing at the Qing army opposite. The Ming army ignored the thrown javelins and flying axes, rushed over with shouts, and only in the moment of the collision, it used the spear twice as long as the Qing army to string the front row of the Qing army.

The first strike of the Ming army's infantry instantly swept the first row of the Qing army in an instant. Only a few veterans used the accumulated experience and muscle reactions to rush into the spear forest and saved their lives by chance. However, the tactics of the two armies were very different. The Qing army was still a distance between each soldier to facilitate the performance of their personal martial arts, while the Ming army had a dense formation, especially the central army of the three battalions occupied by the spear formation killer team, which was even more of a sea of ​​spears.

These Qing troops were not not skilled enough in martial arts, nor were they not lacking in combat experience. They were not unhappy in being able to survive to this day in the cruel environment of Liaodong. However, facing several spears at the same time with one person's strength, it is no longer possible for martial arts to solve the problem. Luck is often the most important thing.

The first row of the Qing army was almost destroyed, but the Qing army behind did not lose fear, but instead rushed up. However, the Ming army did not cause chaos in its formation because of the rise of killing. Instead, while they pulled out the spear from the Qing army's corpse or wounds, the long-range players who were storming the front had the identity of the sergeant commander and took defensive postures the moment they came into contact with the Qing army, which not only prevented the Qing army's attack, but also stopped the soldiers behind them.

The sergeant commander was the lowest-level officer in the Ming army's infantry. Like the deputy captain of the Firearms Team, they did not have any military rank, but they were the most indispensable position in the army. The sergeant commander of the Killer team was responsible for the advancement of the formation and also served as the most important protector of other commanders, while the deputy captain of the Firearms Team was responsible for controlling the shooting rhythm of the archers, which were all extremely important roles in combat.
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