Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"Stop the front line, stand in line and wait for the enemy, the crossbowmen are ready!"

Although Zhang Guozhu was arrogant, he felt that four thousand against three hundred was a sure chance of winning, and he was even thinking about dividing up the results after the battle, but now when he saw the enemy cavalry start to move, he immediately started to deal with it, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

"With [-] cavalry charging my complete formation, the enemy general is too arrogant."

When mobilizing, I saw that the infantry still maintained a complete formation because of his caution. The archers began to prepare to shoot arrows under the yelling of the officer. Put the densely packed spears at the forefront.

This array made Zhang Guozhu feel very relieved, and the vague feeling of uneasiness gradually disappeared. [

Although this kind of formation cannot be compared with Xuanda's formation of chariots, firearms and cavalry in Ji Town, Liaodong, it is at least very stable. With the advantage in numbers, Zhang Guozhu doesn't think the cavalry on the opposite side has any chance.

"Ask the two-wing cavalry to respond to the flag," he ordered in a rambunctious voice, "When the enemy cavalry rushes into the formation to entangle, the two wings will outflank and attack from the side and rear, defeating the enemy in one battle!"

"Yes, answer the flag!"

Beside Zhang Guozhu, his deputy began to wave the flag to the cavalry on the two wings. The depth of the entire battlefield is not too deep, but the width is more than six miles. It is impossible to expect every order to be sent by order at such a distance. The training of Caozhou Town does not rely on Spectrum, battlefield command can still be carried out with semaphore.

It’s just that the semaphore of the Ming army is generally passed down from master to master, only lost but not supplemented or created. Those civilian governors and governors only talk about controlling generals and guaranteeing logistics. Those who can command troops on the battlefield are outstanding people among the few civilian governors. Even these people are impossible to reform. Drums and semaphore and other things, after all, this is too insulting to his identity.

After several rounds of semaphore, the cavalry leaders on both wings waved the flag to indicate that they had received the order, and at the same time they began to pass the order to their subordinates.

Theoretically speaking, everything should go smoothly, but unfortunately, the level of training was insufficient, which led to chaos after the first session went smoothly.

The cavalry huddled themselves into a group, and there was chaos when they went up and down to respond to the flag. Many soldiers who responded to the flag repeatedly made mistakes, and were scolded and beaten by the superior.

Seeing such a situation, Zhang Guozhu was naturally furious, but this was not the time for him to be angry and punish his subordinates. On the opposite side, the heavy cavalry had already started to charge.

Before these heavy cavalry rushed, they were just a group of dazzling guys in iron armor. They were divided into three teams with less than 300 people, and the formation was very dense. Only a hedgehog with spikes stood up. Although it looked scary, no one would think that a hedgehog was a threat.

At that time, Zhang Guozhu and his group were still discussing how to distribute the horses and armor of the prisoners.

At this moment, the cavalry began to pick up speed.

The hooves of the horses are no longer clattering, but rumbling. Everyone is shocked by the sound and power. No one dares to joke anymore. Everyone looks at Zhengzheng in a daze. An iron cavalry sprinting from afar.

"There are still about four hundred steps..."

The officers commanding the archers were sweating profusely, and everyone became nervous.

When the distance was [-] paces, the heavy cavalry on the opposite side put down their lances. All the spear points were aimed at the infantry side. As the distance got closer, all the lances could be seen very clearly. They were long and sharp. , nearly [-] cavalry guns are stacked on top of each other, and the points of the guns are dotted with stars, so piercing that people can't even open their eyes.

And those knights were sitting upright on their horses, their bodies motionless, and their armored stomachs could be seen clearly, and they were also very solid and thick.

Looking at the war horse again, it neighed and roared, and galloped forward with all four hooves flying.

Such a situation caused the soldiers of Caozhou to fall into a dead silence.All the soldiers have never seen such a situation before them, and this kind of situation would not even be dreamed of in their nightmares, but when they saw it with their own eyes, the feeling of being shocked by the power and lethality gathered by the steel was actually Let them feel cold under the warm weather and sunshine in late spring, although it is daytime, it is like being in a nightmare. [

At the forefront are the spearmen who have always been used as victims and cannon fodder in the various battalions of the Ming Dynasty. They lined up in a sparse array. In the queue, everyone just hoped that they could block the enemy one more time. When the enemy cavalry slowed down, the sword and poker players would be the main force to fight hand-to-hand.

In the formation, there are also some strong men with bats and maces. These soldiers are the main force to deal with the cavalry. They are responsible for knocking people off their horses or smashing heavy weapons at the horse's head.

There are more of these soldiers in the border town, and there are only a very small number of them in Caozhou Town. After all, their chances of encountering the Donglu cavalry are too small.

The ground was shaking, and the faces of the spearmen became more and more ugly. Many people were shaking like the shaken land, their faces were pale, and the spears in their hands began to shake.

"Two hundred steps... I can't control it, knock on the clapper, all archers, shoot for me!"

The effective shooting range of an archer can reach 250 or even [-] steps when shooting from the back, but that is only a rare case. Most infantry bows are still the most lethal within a hundred steps, but at this time under the threat of heavy cavalry, The Caozhou officer in charge of commanding the archers also couldn't hold back and gave orders hastily.

Amidst the rapid sound of clappers, more than 300 archers lifted their step bows into the air, pulled the bow strings hard, and let go of their fingers together after receiving instructions. It made a loud noise, and then flew into the air like a swarm of locusts.

When the arrow flew into the air, many people couldn't help looking up. At this time, the archer had already put the second arrow on the string, and the commander began to look at the arrow's landing point in midair. After the arrow hits the ground, the angle can be adjusted to make the second round of bow and arrow more accurate.

Arrows are flying fast in mid-air. Caozhou's shooters are basically qualified. After all, it is an inland military town with few firearms. Guns and cannons were all cast in the Ministry of Industry or the Firearms Bureau of the Inner Court, and then distributed to various military towns.

After the middle and late period, the frontier army was allowed to make firearms themselves. Denglai Town also had a lot of firearms made by special permission. At this moment, even if the laws and regulations are abolished, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. There is no commanding talent and there is no casting Talents, inland military towns are still dominated by bows and crossbows, and firearms are scarce or not rationed at all.

Without firearms, archers are the main weapon to defeat the enemy. Now it seems that Caozhou's archers are quite sharp. Most of the arrows fly down from the air after flying less than [-] steps away, and then shoot accurately at the Into the rushing iron flow.

"it is good!"

"Not a bad shot!"

Immediately, the morale was boosted, and the second round started again, followed by the third round, nearly a thousand arrows were shot out in a very short period of time until they hit the target.

It wasn't a bad shot, but the cheering crowd was soon dumbfounded.

The heavy cavalry still rode forward as if nothing had happened, and there were quite a few arrows hit by the horses, but they were obviously not affected at all, and the formation of the heavy cavalry did not show even a trace of damage.

Seeing these cavalrymen with bows and arrows stuck on their bodies, more or less, but looking as if nothing had happened, naturally gave people a strong sense of shock.

"At least three layers of thick armor!"

There are many people who know the goods among the soldiers of Caozhou, but it is a pity that the judgment at this time is too late and out of date, which can only attract the glaring eyes of the people around them.

"Odd numbers shoot upwards, even numbers shoot flat, quick, quick!"

The more than 300 archers were divided into two groups under the order, one group continued to shoot upwards, and the other group began to raise their bows and shoot flat. Now the enemy cavalry has approached a hundred steps, and this distance can already be used for flat shooting.

The rapid shooting frequency made many archers' arms sore and weak. Before they pulled the bowstring, they began to shake their arms vigorously. [

After another three rounds of rapid shooting, the officers leading the team were sweating profusely, and all the archers also became nervous. They put away their bows and arrows, and began to retreat to the rear. Around them, swordsman players began to flock forward. Everyone was panting heavily, looking flustered, and when they were about to fight, the consequences of lack of training had already appeared.

The spearmen at the front of the team have received orders to straighten their spears and assemble into formations to keep these cavalrymen out of the formation. They were all issuing orders non-stop, and the front of the entire formation began to twist non-stop.

"Break the formation, kill!"

In the first row of heavy cavalry, Zhu Wangli was in the middle. When the distance was less than twenty steps, all the cavalry guns were leveled, and everyone found their target.

While stabbing, Zhu Wangli also looked back and saw that only three or four people were shot off the horse by the bow and arrow just now. When two of them were still wriggling, he cursed in a low voice, then turned his head to look at the horse he had chosen. The goal.

An officer who looked like a general or general was standing at the back of the line, thinking he was safe, and was shouting at the top of his voice.

At the last moment of the horse's sprint, Zhu Wangli sent the lance in his hand forward again, and the hundreds of knights in the first row also made the same movement, and all the lances were handed out in an instant.

Under the huge sprinting force of the horses, the spearmen in the first row were picked up by the long lances, and their big bodies were like paper, or they were pierced, leaving a huge blood hole on their bodies. Holes, or the whole person was discounted, the body was broken into two pieces, or the head was smashed flat by the lance, leaving only a headless body.

Countless pikemen were thrown into the air, and they were flying in the air, howling miserably.

In the first face-to-face meeting, none of the cavalry fell off their horses. Even if some Caozhou soldiers handed over their spears, their distance was not enough, and they were not a threat at all. Under protection, injuries are also very limited.

It's just a face-to-face meeting. Under the violent heavy cavalry attack, the complete infantry has been broken through!