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Chapter 74: South of the Wei River, Survival of the Fittest (Part 2)

The speed of formation conversion is directly related to the army's proficiency in formation, the degree of running-in between officers and soldiers, and even the various units, and is also closely related to the elite level of the army.

Wu Sangui heard that the formation of the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was so fast that it gave Zhejiang a heavy slap in Siming Mountain. The Yuanyang Formation went from the third-year talent formation to the third-year talent formation, and the troops cooperated without interruption. Later, it changed its formation in the last battle with the Qing army many times, accelerating the collapse of the Qing army.

Wu Sangui couldn't help frowning when the new army was like this. Even the ten battalions trained earlier could not compare with the new army in terms of formation rotation speed. The gap between the two sides in training time is an insurmountable gap. Now he can count on the gap in the army's strength and the difference in tactics. But at this moment, his twenty Spanish phalanxes have less than 15,000 archers, but it seems that they are not as good as the 7,200 musketeers on the opposite side!

The new army completed the transformation of its formation, with five towns and twenty battalions. Putting aside the convex camp, there were a total of fifteen battalions of musketeers and 5,760 Lumi guns, arranged in three in front, and two rows of back stood there holding muskets, while the first row pointed the muskets at Wu Sangui's Spanish formation in unison.

"put!"

The officer wearing Qing army's cotton armor slashed his waist and pointed directly at the Guanning military formation in the distance. The trigger was pulled, and the muzzle was sprayed with smoke and sparks. With recoil, the rain-like shooting instantly covered Guanning's Spanish formation.

In a blink of an eye, the banging blast sounded a hundred steps away and turned into wailing sounds one after another. Lumi guns were not enough to penetrate, so the casualties were all in the two rows in the front. Seeing the front row being damaged, the officers of each battalion quickly organized the soldiers in the back row to replenish them. Just like the new army, the soft monsters only squirmed a little and then restored the formation to its completeness, and it seemed that the impact of the thick square formation was even more slight, even beyond the reach of the naked eye.

However, the first row of shooting was completed, and only ten seconds later, the second row of shooting sounded. Wu Sangui's Spanish phalanx had just reorganized the formation, but was once again traumatized by the new army's volley.

It is impossible to be beaten passively. The commander at the front edge ordered that the archers of the square formation began to fight back. The shooting distance was not enough, and the archers of the front row pulled the bow and shot straight. Just as he watched the new army shoot at this distance, Wu Sangui's head was immediately sweating on his head not long after he had accumulated his hair again. Hu Guozhu said that the range of the new army's musket was farther, similar to the archers, but from this perspective, he had many archers of the Spanish archers, but if he continued to shoot in this way, he would have only a dead end.

"Press up, enter the shooting range of the bird gun before firing."

The overall number is often useless. Since it is an attack, effective shooting that can cause damage to the opponent is the key. Wu Sangui has been fighting for decades since the late Ming Dynasty and has been a commander for decades. He has been through the battle formation for a long time. He still understands this truth.

With Wu Sangui's order, the Spanish phalanx began to slowly move eastward. The monster stood up and took slow and heavy steps towards the opponent.

The volley continued. After the new army completed the first three rounds of shooting, the shooting frequency began to slow down, but Wu Sangui always felt that it would take a long time for his quadrons to completely get rid of the situation of being passively beaten. As for the reason, it was very simple, because the movement speed of these Spanish quadrons was too slow, especially compared to the new army, it was no different from a turtle.

Fortunately, turtles also have the benefits of turtles. They were shot in several rounds of shooting all the way, reaching within a range of about 60 steps. The square formation relied on its heavy characteristics, and the loss of soldiers was far from reaching the level of collapse, so they could continue to maintain the formation.

The square array approaches this distance, and the formation is changed. The spearman is still in the center, and the small array at the four corners remains unchanged. Only the bird gunner is arranged between the two angle arrays on the front, thus completing the formation transformation from moving fortress to the archer angle array-the archer queue-the archer angle array.

Wu Sangui's generals were also the generals. They used the shooting gap of the new army to complete the formation transformation. The bird gunners and the archers pointed the bird guns and the archers at the distant new army. Almost with the new round of shooting of the new army, the Guanning Army also burst into a long-squeezing roar.

The trigger of the bird gun was pulled, smoke, Mars, and lead bullets came out from the gun like the Lumi gun on the opposite side, and instantly swept across the new army's formation. In this case, the arrows of the step bow were followed closely. Whether it was direct or outgoing, the dense rain of arrows also covered the new army's battle formation in an instant.

On the battlefield filled with smoke, no side could actually observe this gap. Wu Sangui was able to get the soldiers in the front row of his side who were volleyed by the new army through the mouths of the endless messengers, and the casualties were no different from before. For the new army, we can only rely on speculation.

However, his shooting players were more than the new army. Even though most of them were archers, the number advantage was obvious, and the new army was definitely suffering from casualties. Especially after a while, news came from the volunteer camp led by Prime Minister Xia. The situation of the Qing army on the opposite side seemed not very good, and the formation had even begun to show a slight commotion.

The Fifth Camp of Volunteer and Yong was the army organized by Wu Sangui with the Ganzhou Green Camp Returning Group as the main trunk. Speaking of his proficiency in the Spanish phalanx, even when he started to train at the same time, the Zhongyong Camp, which he valued more, was much different. After all, the Ganzhou Green Camp Returning Group was the elite Ganzhou Green Camp who returned home after the Southeast Economic Standard was broken up. Not to mention anything else, at least one year earlier than the Guanning Army, it was a result of twice the result with half the effort to train the Spanish phalanx.

Because of the most elite force of the Fifth Battalion of Volunteer and Brave, Wu Sangui directly placed them on the left wing of the army when he was deploying troops. It was near the Wei River, which was not conducive to breaking the formation and turning more defeated soldiers. However, opposite the left wing of the Guanning Army was the right wing of the Qing army, where the Eight Banners Army led by Fu Shou using old-style tactics, rather than the new army that Hu Guozhu called a strong enemy, at least not all!

Such attacks were obviously not very suitable for the Eight Banners, which were composed of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolian, and used insurgent bows to shoot. The casualties in the Volunteer Battalion were nothing more than the soldiers of the back team who made up for it and pulled the wounded into the formation. However, there were no shields and no advances on the Eight Banners, and they were just shooting against the opponents with the dominant number. The fluctuations in the morale of the army were obviously slightly larger than those of the Guanning Army, and the degree was getting bigger.

"Continue to wait and see, it's not the time to press on."

As Wu Sangui said, it is indeed not the time to put it on. According to the old-style tactics, no matter how they change the formation, in principle, the shooter will cause more damage before the battle, so that he can defeat the opponent more quickly after entering the hand-to-hand combat. The shooter is an auxiliary, and the key is to rely on hand-to-hand combat. However, after contacting the Spanish phalanx, Wu Sangui always feels that these new tactics are increasingly inclined to rely on firearms to cause more damage. Hand-to-hand combat is just a decisive sound, and that's all.

Because of this, when Wu Sangui was practicing the square formation, he chose to increase the proportion of snatchers. Now it seems that the effect is pretty good, but it just needs to persist for more time.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the shooting never stopped. Almost every certain time they would shoot in the direction of the smoke, and the opposite side of the smoke would shoot a barrage at them as promised.

However, the more this happens, the more pressure Wu Sangui is. What is going on opposite sides is almost completely shrouded in the smoke created by himself and the other party, and it is impossible to see clearly. On his side, he originally relied on the heavy formation and constantly adjusted the formation to maintain the killing of the Qing army. However, after several rounds of shooting, Wu Sangui noticed that his phalanx did not seem to have much advantage in military strength. The Spanish phalanx looked like a moving fortress, looking down from the sky, even some old-fashioned prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic prismatic

The range of the square array is not small, and it is spread out in one word. Even if the angular array is fully pressed up, there is no place to arrange it. Nearly half of the shooters cannot change even if they are rotated, so they can only watch it. Without the number advantage that they originally had high expectations, the casualties on their side will naturally become more and more intolerable.

As time goes by, casualties continue to accumulate, but Wu Sangui also tried this war between the Thai warfare and had to cross the river by feeling the stones. Fortunately, after a moment, the shooting of the central army and left wing of the Qing army had stopped, while the formation of the old Eight Banners Army on the right wing was even showing signs of unstable shape.

"The whole army suppressed and defeated this Tartars, rushed into the capital, and spread the wealth and honor, I will share it with my soldiers!"

Wu Sangui still couldn't see clearly what was behind the smoke of gunpowder, but the fighter plane was fleeting, so he couldn't wait.

Now the new army no longer continues to shoot at them, and it is even more impossible to get side by side. It would be even more dreamy to let the Manchu iron-armored infantry block the guns for the Han army. At this moment, the formation of the Eight Banners Army was already a little unstable, and the new army here was probably about to be unable to bear it. The military advantage was revealed, and at least Wu Sangui's troops could continue to bear it.

At this point, as long as you push forward and destroy the Qing army, it will be a great victory. Otherwise, the Qing army with a large number of horses will escape, fight but not die, and die but not be stiff. Who knows what kind of unexpected situation will occur in the future?

The commanding flag swung, and the battalions responded from afar. The Guanning Army stopped shooting, changed its formation and advanced towards the Qing army in big strides.

The shooting stopped, the smoke slowly dissipated, and the army advanced faster. They escaped from the smoke. After seeing the new army clearly, Wu Sangui couldn't help but frown. Because the number of dead bodies in front of the new army was far less than he expected, and now it was the iron-armored spearman composed of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, and the musketeers of the Han army flag had retreated behind the formation, and it seemed that they were not just completed.

This is not a good thing, at least it has begun to deviate from his expectations, but looking at the right wing of the Qing army in the north, the old-style Eight Banners Army there still looks so unstable. Based on his understanding of the Eight Banners Army, there is no possibility of counterfeiting.

"Tell Prime Minister Xia, and rush to defeat the Tartars, his first contribution is his!"

When Tian Ji was racing horses, Sun Bin used the upper and the middle and the lower so that he had a chance of winning. However, on the battlefield, two to one was not enough. Wu Sangui was now using the most powerful volunteer camp under his command to deal with the weakest old-style Eight Banners Army of the Qing army. Although it was not a green camp, he had no other choice. Only by defeating a part of the Qing army at the fastest speed and revolving the defeated soldiers could he win a great victory. Otherwise, if this continues, it is still unknown who will win.

This was the case with the Qing army, but Wu Sangui did not hesitate, nor did he let the army stop and wait for the next command. The army continued to advance, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer. The distance of sixty steps was less than a short while before half of the journey was completed. At this distance, it was generally the distance between the sword and shield soldiers in the old style of tactics to throw javelins to prepare for the charge.

Without beyond Wu Sangui's expectations, the Eight Banners Army on the right wing of the Qing army could no longer hold back. With the shooting of the arch, the brigade of swords and shield soldiers rushed up instead.

The javelin crossed this short distance and inserted it into the Guanning Army in the front row. However, when the Eight Banners Army rushed up, the injured were already pulled into the formation, and the soldiers in the back row immediately added. The jungle of the spear immediately tied the Eight Banners Army in the front into meat skewers.

The tactical movements were completed in one go, just like the Southeast Jingbiao Camp in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. The Volunteer Camp used the simplest method to destroy the spirit of the Eight Banners Army. Next, the square formation slowly advanced, and the heavy and powerful steps crushed everything in front of them. The Eight Banners Army, once a moment ago and claimed to be the strongest barbarian in the 17th century, did not even have the strength to parry in front of the Spanish formation, let alone fight back.

The Guanning Army of the Volunteer Camp entered the hand-to-hand combat stage with the Eight Banners Army in the northernmost part of the battlefield, on the banks of the Wei River. It was more like a unilateral massacre than a battle. At least in this area of ​​the battlefield, there was no difference between combat and massacre.

The right wing was close to the river beach, so there were not many cavalrymen, but at this point, Fushou had to send the cavalry out when he asked Jidu for help. However, the Spanish phalanx was like a moving fortress, facing all directions without any defensive corners. These Eight Banners Cavalry had no effect except for forcing the Yiyong Left Camp closest to the river beach to slow down the advancement speed.

However, even this effect only took effect for a moment. When Wu Sangui was assigned to the left-wing cavalry and formed a clamping attack on the Eight Banners cavalry with the Volunteer Camp, the Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners, known as "unparalleled cavalry and shooting", quickly fell into a one-sided desperate situation, no difference from those Eight Banners infantry.

The upper and lower fours were already crushing with just a little contact. Perhaps in a moment, after the eight Manchu and Mongolian banners were completely destroyed by the volunteer camp, Wu Sangui's expected anti-screw defeated troops would appear here. But at this moment, the new army on the central army and the left wing suddenly changed their formation when they were near less than thirty steps.

The spearmen remained motionless, and the gunners of the new army pushed out a small-caliber cannon from the intervals between the battalions, and the musketeers even came out from the gap between the two sides.

When the third row of musketeers passed the spearmen, the first row of musketeers squatted on the ground, the second row of musketeers took a step to the right and bent down, while the third row of musketeers remained motionless and just stood up straight.

"Rise the gun!"

The new army officers in the front row shouted in unison, and the new army musketeers in the third row raised the musketeers in unison.

"Open the fire door cover!"

The fire door cover opened, and the three rows of new military musketeers stroked their fingers on the trigger. Just use force to force the index finger and the faucet with the fuse rope fell down to ignite the gunpowder in the medicine pool.

"aim!"

The third row of new army musketeers, three heights, and the second row in the middle has been staggered, and thousands of pairs of eyes are looking straight along their guns, looking straight at the Guanning Army, which is not far away. As for the gap, sight, and three points and one line at this distance, there is no meaning at all.

"put!"
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