The sun suddenly jumped out from the clouds in the east, spreading thousands of rays of rays onto the earth, and the world suddenly became warm.

Li Cheng was riding on his horse, squinting his eyes slightly and looking at the Song Army in front of him. More than 10,000 troops were arrayed in a formation, and he couldn't see the end at a glance. However, the formation of the Song Army today was a bit strange. It was clearly divided into square formations, with the middle

The gap is larger than usual.

The gaps in the military formation are to facilitate the movement of other troops forward and backward. For example, the cavalry in the army can shuttle through the military formation. The crossbowmen can also move forward and backward. But these gaps are not big, so they are not considered flaws. Today

The gap between the Song Army and the Song Army was much larger than usual.

The Song army from Zhendong came from Zhengzhou, which was obviously more numerous and stronger than the Song army from Zhengzhou. Li Cheng ordered his deputy to lead 3,000 people to fight, and he led the remaining troops to fight against the Zhengzhou Song army. If God has mercy on him, he can

If this Song army is defeated quickly, the outcome of this battle is still uncertain.

Holding the steel knife in his hand, Li Cheng ordered the flag bearer behind him to raise the flag. The most elite troops began to assemble, and followed Li Cheng straight towards the opponent's central army. The difference in numbers between the two sides was quite large, and it would be difficult to inflict a fatal blow on the opponent without attacking the central army.

Cao Zhiyan was on a mound, holding a telescope and observing Li Cheng's movements. Seeing more than a thousand people gathering behind Li Cheng, he said to staff officer Fei Lida: "Good luck today! Li Cheng came here to see that we have few people."

, came to our side. He must have thought of defeating our army in one battle, and then joining forces to liberate Li Nong. What a good idea!"

Fei Lidao: "Look at Li Cheng's army formation, just a stone's throw away from us. Are you seeking death?"

Cao Zhiyan smiled and said: "We only started using artillery after the First World War in Luoyang. How did these people know? They can only come and die."

When two armies are fighting, there must be a blank area between the military formations. This blank area must be passed by the attacking side before they can attack the defensive side's main formation. Therefore, the two sides must be camping relatively far away. When fighting,

The armies of both sides approach and begin to form formations. If necessary, use bows and arrows to shoot at the formations. At this time, the coaches of both sides may scold each other or pick sides, which is normal behavior. If they can't reach an agreement, the offensive side begins to attack. When attacking, you must resist

Enemy ranged weapons.

The crossbows of the Song Dynasty were well-developed and powerful, and were the main offensive weapons. In some Forbidden armies, crossbowmen even accounted for 70%. In other words, the Song army was already accustomed to using long-range weapons to attack, and hand-to-hand combat was no longer popular.

.When encountering someone like the Jin Army who was particularly good at close combat, they were restrained. Some less elite troops quickly collapsed once they were forced up by the Jin Army and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Whether it is the Jin Army or Li Cheng, in their inherent impression, they should try to reduce the distance where the Song Army's crossbowmen can play their role during the battle, which will push the military formation very close. Once they attack, they pursue to quickly approach the Song Army's military formation and achieve maximum results.

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When field artillery is generally equipped with troops, the gap between the military formations on both sides is no longer determined by the crossbows, but by the range of the artillery. When attacking, if the dense formation is still used as before, one artillery shell can penetrate a military formation.

The casualties were very high. Basically, they rushed through the empty area, and there were not many people left in the attacking army. At this time, they had to pass through the empty area row by row. The distance between each row ensured that after the shells penetrated the previous row, the enemy

There is no threat in the back row. This tactic is what people call line infantry. But in Europe, when field artillery matured, muskets also matured. This tactic is often jokingly called queuing to kill.

The key to determining line infantry tactics is not muskets, but field artillery. If it is determined by muskets, the attacker should still use a dense formation to pass through the empty area, and then quickly expand into a line array for combat. Advancing in a dense formation can reduce

Small casualties. If the infantry is deployed in a line, it can exert its own firepower. The actual situation is that the infantry attacks, and the formation when setting off is a line array. After passing the artillery range, when the two sides fight, it may change to three rows.

The American movie "Battle of Glory" shows this situation quite clearly during the final beach attack. The attackers must move forward in a linear array and pass through the coverage of the artillery before they can actually participate in the battle.

If there are no artillery and they are just faced with muskets, they can form a dense formation and pass quickly. They do not have to line up in rows and be constantly attacked by the enemy.

Nowadays, there is no trace of muskets, and the Jin Army and the Puppet Qi Army are not familiar with artillery. They still form a dense formation according to their custom during battle. In this case, facing a volley of artillery is no different from facing death.

Wang Xiao's hunting army has simulated a variety of attack methods when facing artillery. The final conclusion is that they still need to pass through the empty space in the middle in a linear formation, and then quickly form a dense military formation in front of the enemy's formation to fight the enemy.

Artillery is the king of war. When this monster appears on the battlefield, the form of war changes.

As the horn sounded, Li Cheng's flag was waved forward. Taking a deep breath, Li Cheng, wearing armor, rushed to the front.

Cao Zhiyan looked at Li Cheng who was rushing over with his binoculars and shook his head. Niu Gao ordered Li Cheng to line up and wait for a stick of incense. However, when less than one stick of incense was available, Li Cheng rushed forward impatiently.

Just after rushing for more than ten steps, he heard a clear command "fire" from the Song Army formation. Li Cheng was stunned for a moment, not knowing what it meant.

At this moment, he heard dense whistles ringing in his ears. Before the whistle fell, he saw clouds of thick smoke coming out of the Song army's formation. Before Li Cheng could see the shape of the smoke clearly, he saw iron in front of him.

The bullet flew towards me.

Without making any reaction, Li Chenggong was knocked to the ground by an iron bullet. One of his legs was directly broken, leaving a pool of flesh and blood.

In his ears, he could only hear the screams of the soldiers around him, but nothing else could be heard.

Looking at the tragic image of Li Cheng's army, Cao Zhiyan didn't know what to say. When he was fighting in the army, no matter how tragic the battle was, he would not feel anything if he was highly nervous. Now watching from the sidelines, he felt something else.

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After one round of artillery fire, a thousand people brought out by Li Cheng were either killed or wounded. Just when the puppet Qi army was still in shock, the second round of artillery fire came. This time it directly attacked Li Cheng's formation, and immediately there was a howl of ghosts and wolves.

The Song army fired three rounds of artillery, and Li Cheng's military formation was completely in chaos. The soldiers were running around, crying for their fathers and mothers.

In Baisha Town, Liu Lin stood on the roof and was dumbfounded. Li Cheng was a brave general, no one doubted this. Precisely because of his bravery and ability to lead troops, Zhao Gou had always wanted to recruit Li Cheng. But he didn't expect that Li Cheng would be killed in the end.

Cheng fled and surrendered to the puppet Qi.

Liu Lin was overjoyed to get Li Cheng. From then on, he had a real general, and the army was different from the same. Unexpectedly, he was of no use on the battlefield today, and he was knocked off his horse in the middle of nowhere.

"What should I do? What should I do?" Liu Lin muttered to himself, feeling lost.

The soldiers on the side hurriedly stepped forward to support them and said: "Prince, the situation is over, let's escape. The Song army wants to sweep away the remaining soldiers, and they won't notice us for a while. Only by swimming across the Jinshui River can we have a chance of survival!"

Liu Lin's eyes were dull and he didn't speak. He let his soldiers hold him up and walked towards the Jinshui River next to him.

Li Cheng was defeated, and the puppet Qi army opposite Xie Linong had the same experience. They did not take the initiative to attack, but because the formation was too close to the Song army, the entire army formation was within the range of artillery. After a stick of incense, the Song army took the initiative to fire,

The army was also dispersed.

At this time, Baisha Town was in chaos, with broken soldiers running around everywhere. Some of them were even blinded, and they started slashing at anyone with a knife.

No one paid attention to Liu Lin and the others, and they sneaked to the Jinshui River. Liu Lin couldn't swim, so he was carried down by a few soldiers and got out of the Jinshui River. The river was not too cold in April, so they swam to the other side.

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Outside Baisha Town, Niu Gao couldn't help frowning at the scene in front of him. He said, "Zhi Niang, these rebels were blinded by artillery. It's not easy to contain them. Let's wait until they are in chaos and calm down, and then the army can move forward.

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