Chapter 74: Strong Grass (3)
Just as the Qing army was lined up to attack, Chen Wen sat on his "big white" after the Qing army was on the opposite side. After noticing the movements of the Qing army, he turned out an iron speaker from behind Zhang Jun, who had transformed a treasure from behind like a monkey, and took over the local loudspeaker.
"Nantang Camp, line up!"
With a command, the four teams behind the Central Military Firearms team immediately lined up and stood in front of the defense line; while the killer teams of the Nantangying Yuanyang Formation, which blocked the road, the killer teams of the B, C and D, set up a vertical formation to fight the opponent's projectile weapon attack; as for the A-sentence, they still stood beside Chen Wen, waiting for the command of the commander.
After the entire battle formation set up at this time, all twenty scrupulous soldiers lined up in a line that was exactly the same as the white line made of lime powder outside the formation, and the order they received was "The one who crossed the line died"! Just as Chen Wen wrote on the sign opposite the battlefield, there was no shortage of the famous diplomatic slander of the Republic era that Chen Wen added for his evil taste in the future.
The reason why Chen Wen was like this was simply to inspire the Qing army to launch an attack as soon as possible. Although he didn't know why the Qing army was rushing to catch up, if it was delayed until night or tomorrow, with the number of Qing army's cavalry, it would be difficult for him to complete the task of protecting the people from the wings to the south.
Fortunately, the Tibiao camp is a new victorious army, and its morale is strong, but everything has two sides. When the first battle is won, he also has the burden of morale being boosted and not being relieved. Here he used verbal mockery, and the flag of "the old camp in Dalanshan" was to lure the Qing army to fight with Nantang camp here, and it seemed that the effect was OK.
Due to the excessive horse pits in front of the formation, the Qing army obviously had no idea to dispatch cavalry to continue performing free gymnastics. At the command of the Qing army, the Qing army's infantry advanced in a row, but unlike the battle at Siming Lake, the first two rows of the Qing army were sword and shield soldiers. The spearmen who were supposed to be in the front were all placed behind the sword and shield soldiers. As for the archers, they were arranged in the last row, and they seemed to be completely unprepared to ask them to play any role.
There was almost no big difference between the Qing army and the Ming army in terms of armor, because the early Qing army was robbed from the Ming army, several great defeats in Liaodong, two "great victories" in Ning, and several breaks after the Yisi Incident, the Qing army snatched away a lot of armor.
However, the difference is not without it. The soldiers of the Extraordinary Battalion here wear gray-blue cloth armor; while the Ming Dynasty admires fire virtue and respects red, and the Ming army's cloth armor cannot help but have a little red. In addition, the most famous lightning rod is worn by only officers and cavalrymen. However, the ordinary green camp soldiers who have begun to advance do not have it on their heads. They are wearing a hemispherical helmet with a small tassel on top and a three-piece leather neckline on the left and right and behind, which looks very strange; while the soldiers of the Ming army are often seen in movies and TV series, and are also nicknamed by later generations.
Standing high and looking far away, sitting on the back of "Dabai", Chen Wen clearly saw the deployment of the Qing army. Even though he had never experienced the battle formation, he clearly understood that his opponent obviously knew that there were no artillery soldiers in Nantang Camp, and there were even fewer muskets. The two rows of swords and shield soldiers in front were to restrain the archers from shooting.
He is indeed an old fry.
Chen Wen narrowed his eyes and thought about a solution, but he had no experience in combat formations. He could not think of it. Seeing the Qing army crossing the white line and entering an arrow, Chen Wen ordered the archers to shoot. Just like the plan previously formulated, the two teams in the first row shot flat, while the two teams in the second row shot upwards.
The arrows crossed the distance between the two armies, and the arrows shot out from the hands of the Ming army's archers instantly shot onto the Qing army's battle formation. However, the effect of this shooting was not very good. The sword and shield soldiers in the first row of the Qing army held their shields to resist the frontal shooting, while the sword and shield soldiers in the second row raised the shield to prevent the arrows from above the Ming army's head after shooting upwards. Only a small number of arrows passed through the gaps or crossed the front two rows of sword and shield soldiers formed a limited attack on those very few "unlucky guys".
But even so, almost all the soldiers in the front row of the Qing army's Lubin were wearing double armor. The arrows from afar were at the end of their strength. Most of them were nailed to the outermost armor of these soldiers, and they staggered the Qing soldiers who were hit, and did not achieve the purpose of killing.
Liu Da, the sword and shield soldier of the Luying Camp, has now been promoted to a higher level with his military achievements in the battle of Siming Lake. In fact, he only made his position in the battle formation slightly behind. There is no need to take the risk of throwing javelins, flying axes and other weapons in front of the formation as before.
The Ming army's shooting here was extremely light, and it was not as good as a normal army. Only one soldier in Liu Dashi was shot by a bow and arrow, but he still shot on the chest with the thickest armor. He barely pushed the soldier and completely exhausted his kinetic energy.
Liu Da glanced at him and found that his luck was probably not good, because there were only more than twenty archers on the Ming army opposite, and the arrows he fired were really pitiful, and there were very few who could hit and hit the shield.
At this moment, the Ming army had already shot several rounds, while the Qing army had already moved forward by nearly half. There was another ten or twenty steps to start throwing javelins and flying axes to destroy the formation and rushing to the formation. However, until now, there was only one idiot who obviously didn't know how to bow his head and was shot in the face. It seemed that at least two teeth were lost. In addition, no one was killed in the battle, and some were injured. Unfortunately, the damage caused almost did not affect combat effectiveness at all.
This shooting was even worse than the ground's trapped horse pit posed a greater threat to the Qing army. At least several soldiers of the Qing army sprained their ankles by these trapped horse pits, but the shooting of bows and arrows was almost useless. Liu Da had never seen such a funny army after fighting for more than ten years.
"So these bandits are even more useless than those from Siming Lake."
Liu Da remembered clearly that the Ming army on the banks of Siming Lake was very fierce in the early stage, and even veterans like him were frightened. However, once they got closer, they no longer had the previous suppression force. After the third round, they were suppressed by the richer combat experience of the radical battalion without any breathing. If the top peak had not issued the order for the general attack, how could he have been separated by the central camp after the surrendered general turned against him?
As for the current Ming army, although the surrendered general called it the most powerful camp in the Siming Mountain area, even the only advantages of the Siming Mountain bandits were not retained. It seems that they were just nonsense. It is estimated that as long as the javelin was thrown, you could harvest the heads, and then rush into the thieves' families to grab a yellow girl and have fun.
Thinking of this, Liu Da couldn't help but lick his lips, and the erotic scene that appeared in his mind during the Battle of Siming Lake reappeared again.
"If you kill all the bandits in front of you, you can steal a sweet bed from a yellow girl!"
There is a way that three arrows are worse than one knife, and three arrows are worse than one gun.
However, there were too few archers in the front of Nantang Camp, and the Qing army set up a queue that specifically restrained archers' shooting, which made the killing even more limited. In fact, if it was a musketman, the effect would definitely be much better. After all, the two would not be the same as the kinetic energy. In history, weren't shields eliminated by muskets? Unfortunately, there were even fewer bird guns in Nantang Camp, so Chen Wen was forced to use the terrain to strengthen the firepower on the flanks, which also aggravated the lack of frontal firepower.
"General, there are still too few archers in front of our unit."
Listening to Lou Jiye's sigh, Chen Wen knew that this was indeed true. But he is no longer the otaku he used to be, but the backbone of the entire army. Even if everyone is discouraged, he cannot do so. Because once he even blames others, the army will not have to fight. Wouldn't it be easier to leave the strength to act as a concubine?
"Everything is under the control of our general. The Tartars must have thought that our troops were weak in combat. When they met with the killer team of the Yuanyang Formation, they would give him a good look and completely scared him!"
He said it very beautifully, but whether Chen Wen could keep beating like the time of the competition was like that of the competition. It was no different from the last school competition. After all, this time he was in a battlefield where he had to face blood. With the flesh and blood flying, it was hard to say how much combat effectiveness this group of new recruits could maintain.
Something must be done!
At this moment, the Qing army had already crossed halfway. Although the horse pit on the ground also affected the movement speed of the Qing army's infantry, almost all the sharps in the first two rows of shields were wearing double armored left camp, even if they were just cloth armor, the damage caused was minimal. The Qing army advanced steadily without any stagnation.
Seeing this, Chen Wen signaled the archers to retreat behind the three whistles of B, C and Dna, and lit up the entire battle formation. He picked up the well-crafted bird gun sent by Huang Zhongdao and began to load ammunition step by step.
Seeing that the Ming army's archers began to retreat, the Qing army also accelerated its pace. After a few breaths, the sword and shield soldiers in the front row of the Qing army carried their shields back on their backs, and then carried the javelins, flying axes and other throwing weapons in their hands. They rushed forward a few steps, and threw the weapons out with the force of the forward rushing.
"middle!"
It is normal to throw weapons to destroy the opponent's formation after getting close. However, this Nantang Camp at this moment is definitely not the traditional Ming army on the banks of Siming Lake. They occupy the forefront of each Mandarin Duck Formation Killer Team with long cards and rattan players, and set up shields to resist the threat from the sky for those teammates squatting behind them.
Due to the need to change the formation, each killer team of the Yuanyang Formation also maintains a certain distance between each other, making it impossible for the Qing army to shoot as long as they used to maintain their strength even if they throw it off.
At just about thirty meters, these javelins and flying axes arrived almost instantly. Only the sound of dong dong was heard. Except for most of them being thrown into the open space, almost all the others were blocked by the long cards and rattan cards held by the two players according to the prescribed tactical movements. Only a very small number were thrown into the formation, causing equally low casualties.
The well-trained sword and shield soldiers of the Extrabatical Camp, as sharp men in the army, did not observe the results of the battle just now, but flew to throw a second wave of attacks while hitting the target for the first shot.
"middle!"
This time is not much better than the last time. Nantangying relies on the characteristics of both offensive and defense in the Yuanyang Formation. When facing opponents throwing weapons at long range to try to destroy the formation, it uses vertical formation to reduce the force surface, and strengthens the front defense with long cards and rattan cards, making the Qing army's throwing weapons far less effective than on the battlefield in the past.
At this moment, the second shot was not even a single kill. Only one javelin was pierced on the leg of a spearman when it passed through the gap between the long card and the rattan card. The javelin with an exhausted force only brought some physical injuries after passing through the armor.
Although Liu Da was not among the group of sword and shield soldiers who were throwing weapons, he stretched his neck and turned his eyes from a few back positions to the Ming army opposite him from the back.
After the first shot, the Ming army still did not react at all. The teams with one long player and one rattan player were like the reefs in the river in his hometown, allowing these weapons to hit like flowing water. Only when a long player in the middle of the formation had several javelins nailed to the long card of a long player in the middle of the formation, after the second round of the Qing army threw, they used their waist knife to remove the javelins indifferently, and then restored the original state of the reef again.
Such an opponent was unprecedented and unprecedented. The entire army seemed to be like a pile of reefs, leaving the storm to wash away. This also made Liu Da, a veteran who had fought for more than ten years, suddenly had an ominous premonition.
However, when Liu Da's premonition had not begun to affect his thinking, after a "bang" gunshot, the sword and shield soldier in the front row of the Qing army formation fell to the ground after a red and white sprinkled, and a burst of praise from the Ming army came from the side of the Ming army.
Although the two players in the front row of the Yuanyang Formation greatly reduced the damage of the Qing army's projectile weapons, and relying on the column anti-pressure training that had been underway, it was also very supportive of the first two rounds of projections in the Qing army, but it was definitely not enough to be beaten. As the main general, he had to do something to inspire morale. Chen Wen's choice was to use bird guns to shoot to get the first drop of blood for the entire army!
As a sharp man in the front row of the Qing army fell to the ground, he heard the admiration of "General's Shot", but Chen Wen felt full of luck.
Due to road problems, the Qing army's formation was relatively dense. The target he just aimed at was clearly another sword and shield soldier next to the man who was shot, and the target was also a chest with a relatively large hit rate. However, when the shot was shot, it was about two meters away under the influence of recoil. One shot hit the unlucky guy's forehead, which was really incredible.
Since the initial purpose of motivating morale has been achieved, Chen Wen did not need to tell the truth. He blew away the smoke from the bird's muzzle in a posture that he thought was very handsome, and then raised the bird's muzzle high above his head.
"The firearm team shot the most Tartars, and this bird gun was his!"
According to convention, when Huang Zhongdao died in his country, Chen Wen should have collected this bird gun to leave a memory. However, in his opinion, weapons are weapons. If they can be handed over to the hands of people who can play their due role, they will be able to repay Huang Zhongdao's original gift of guns than to keep them at home as a decoration.
Regardless of the workmanship of this bird gun, it is enough for the winner to show off for a long time, so naturally everyone wants to get it here.
As expected, the words immediately aroused the response of the Firearms Team. The soldiers of the four teams turned their heads and looked at the bird gun, and their eyes became hot, and almost everyone was determined to win this.
Chen Wen knew that these archers were all hunters and their skills in shooting bows and arrows were not bad, but the formation listed by the Qing army was quite disgusting. In addition, the Qing army had stronger financial resources, and many sharp men were wearing double armor, so the long-distance killing of bows and arrows was really impossible to be much higher.
However, once this reward was released, not only the Firearms Team, but also the morale of the Mandarin Duck Formation Killer Team increased. Although they had no share of this reward, even the soldiers could imagine that since the one who shot the most was given additional rewards, those formal rewards would definitely be fulfilled, as long as they could defeat the Tartars.
At this time, as if responding to what they thought, Chen Wen picked up the iron trumpet again and shouted loudly: "According to military rules, behead the camp soldiers, reward 15 taels of silver, behead the officers and beheaded the officers to be rewarded according to the class! In this battle, our troops will be rewarded with few enemies, and after the war, we will be rewarded with more rewards!"
This sentence expresses the voice of all the soldiers in Nantang Camp. As long as the Tartars are defeated, the reputation of the warriors will come one after another. Chen Wen even proposed to behead the officers and rewards with few enemies and more, which is more powerful than any slogan.
Just as the soldiers of Nantang Camp were ready to teach the Qing army a lesson, both Liu Da in the formation and Li Rong and Xu Lei, who were under the deputy general of the Tibiao Zuoying, heard Chen Wen's statement without exception. For them, this kind of behavior of completely ignoring the famous reputation of the Tibiao Camp was even more intense than the ridiculous meaning of the saying "Those who cross the line die, don't say that they are not prepared for it."
After a while, Li Rong's flag was pressed forward, and the Qing army officer who received the signal immediately ordered a third throw. This time was different from the previous two times. The spearmen had already rushed through the front two rows of sword and shield soldiers and squatted down when they were close to fifteen meters away. The sword and shield soldiers immediately threw out the javelin and flying axe in their hands.
Chapter completed!