The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 201 Imposing manner
The Qing army fought from the north of the Yangtze River to the south of the Yangtze River. They were used to seeing the Ming army who was not good at close combat, so they didn't react for a while.

It wasn't until thousands of bayonets pierced over like lightning that they suddenly woke up, but it was too late.This time alone, the whole army "stab straight in the chest" and killed more than [-] Jianlu.

However, these invaders who have been licking blood all year round are not good at it.They immediately understood that the firecracker with a dagger in the hands of the Ming army could be used as a long spear.

The captive soldiers reacted quickly, and immediately screamed loudly, each with their knives and spears, ready to fight against the Ming army.

However, the Dragon Guards have a dense formation and do not conduct individual combat at all. Instead, under the unified command of all officers, they conduct overall offense and defense in teams or even platoons.

The flintlocks held by the Dragon Guards were more than five feet long, and the bayonets were seven feet long, not only far longer than Jianlu's single sword, but also comparable to his long spears.

Whenever Jianlu was about to get close, there were at least seven or eight bayonets to meet him at the same time.

Jianlu's knife and shield hand should not be said to be slashing close to the body, if one is not careful, he will be stabbed right through.The pikemen can get the soldiers of the Dragon Guards, but they usually practice marksmanship, martial arts and so on. Even if they practice battle formations, they can only cooperate with three or four people at most.

The bayonet moves used by the Dragon Guard Army are extremely simple, just the movements of stabbing, picking, blocking, blocking, swinging, and turning. However, they usually train in groups of at least seven people, and they specialize in coordination. In order to face the enemy, we can always form a local formation to fight the few with more.

To say that Jianlu's single-soldier melee ability is definitely more than that of the Dragon Guard Army. After all, the Dragon Guard Army has only officially formed an army for about ten months, and most of the soldiers have been fighting for years.

Picking out one Eight Banners soldier alone can at least single out two Dragon Guard infantry, and the elite infantry has a chance of winning against four Dragon Guards.

But the hand-to-hand combat of the large army is not about sword skills, marksmanship, or martial arts.The battlefield is crowded with people, there is not even room to move around, seven or eight bayonets are stabbing at the same time, what is the use of your martial arts?

The key to hand-to-hand victory is cooperation, courage, and morale.

In terms of cooperation, Jianlu is not an opponent of the Dragon Guards at all.

Even in terms of courage, Jianlu, who seems to have killed countless people, seems to be stronger. In fact, the infantry of the Dragon Guards practiced almost every day with their bayonets against the galloping horses.

As a human being, no matter how vicious you are, how can you be more terrifying than a galloping horse weighing nearly a thousand catties?The Dragon Guards can even face this calmly, and these tartars wielding knives and guns in front of them are nothing but a piece of cake.

Not to mention morale.There are a large number of instructors in the Dragon Guard Army, and Zhu Linmi taught them the whole set of ideological work methods for later generations. The belief, sense of honor, and sense of mission of each Dragon Guard soldier are far from what the Qing soldiers under the management of the feudal system can compare with. ?
In fact, from the fact that there is no supervising team behind the Dragon Guards, it can be seen how high their morale is.

Jianlu charged up fiercely, but seemed to hit a hard rock, unable to chop or move.

"kill!"

Suddenly, a thunderous roar erupted from the Dragon Guards.Immediately, the entire Dragon Guard line took a big step forward, even if someone was facing Jianlu's spear point, they rushed forward with the entire army line without hesitation.

Then all the bayonets stabbed the enemy straight at the same time.

Thousands of dragon guards are like a majestic giant, stepping forward with an unstoppable momentum.Accompanied by the loud cry of killing, a soul-shaking momentum soared into the sky, causing all the prisoners to shrink back involuntarily.

When the two armies are at war, once you lose your momentum, it will be extremely difficult to regain your momentum.

With the first retreat, you will habitually retreat later.

Another roar broke out from the Dragon Guards, "Kill!" Then he took another step forward, and the bayonets came out.

Jianlu took another step back.

On the one hand, each time he shouted "Kill!", he took a step forward.On the other hand, it kept retreating.

In the process of retreating, the Qing army would inevitably trip over corpses or step on potholes and lose their center of gravity, and several bayonets would immediately kill them.

Jianlu quickly retreated to Ba Yala, who was supervising the battle behind him.After dozens of people were mercilessly killed by the supervising team, the captive soldiers had to turn back to fight again tremblingly, but they were greeted by the bayonets of the Dragon Guards stained with the enemy's blood.

Soon, the infantry of the Dragon Guards had advanced to the front of the Baya Ladu team.

Have these most elite soldiers of Jianlu ever paid attention to the Ming army?They cursed in their hearts that the retreating Qing soldiers were trash, and raised their knives to face the Dragon Guards and rushed straight up.

Some resorted to the mighty "Split Huashan Mountain", some used the gorgeous "Turn the Rain and Rain", and some used the sinister "Push the Ground and Cut the Grass".On the other hand, the Dragon Guards still simply stabbed and picked, but they all shot together, instantly stabbing dozens of Ba Yala who rushed forward into blood gourds.

There were also a few Ba Yala who were very lucky or had excellent moves that really hit the soldiers of the Dragon Guards, but before they could withdraw their knives, they were surrounded by dense bayonets and killed them.

Finally, after the Ming army stepped over Bayala's body, Jianlu's retreat began to turn and run away.

Before today, they would never have believed that they would be defeated by the Ming army in hand-to-hand combat.

Those weak southerners have always only dared to fire guns from a distance, and they would run away in fright when they saw steel knives.Why, these people have become so terrifying, they are fearless and hideous, just like devils in human form!
Now, those devils are chasing after them, so they dare not turn their heads, they can only run as hard as they can, for fear of being chased up and stabbed to death.

The rout quickly spread to the entire frontal battlefield of Jianlu, and thousands of soldiers dropped their weapons one after another, turned their heads and ran towards the Chinese army.

As the drummers of the Dragon Guard sounded the gong, the entire infantry line stopped. Only then did the soldiers notice that their hands were trembling uncontrollably under the mix of excitement, excitement and fear. .

Yu Xin, who was in charge of commanding the frontal battlefield, glanced at the direction of the Polu camp from a distance, and the six thousand Jianlu who worshiped Yin Dai's tribe over there had also begun to be defeated.The large phalanx of the Polu camp is slowly but steadily chasing down the remnants of the enemy.

He looked to the north side again, where the shouts of killing and the sound of gunfire never stopped. The Dragon Guards and Polu Battalion were fighting with the Jianlu elite cavalry with inferior forces.

He immediately said to the messenger: "Leave the fourth battalion to continue chasing the enemy, and the others will immediately follow me to the right flank to support."

He raised his finger and pointed to Tie Dake's troops who were charging among the enemy troops, "Contact General Zhen and ask them to send some cavalry to intercept Tulai's men and horses."

"Yes!"

"Also," Yu Xin said again, "Let the artillery battalion quickly move to the right flank..." He turned his head to look at the artillery position just now, but there was no one there.

"Oh, no need." He waved his hand, "Chen Xiongfei is quite nimble in his moves."

(End of this chapter)