Wanli 1592

Chapter 568

On the top of the city, accompanied by the beating of the rumbling war drums, Zhu Minchun took the magistrate of Qi County and the general of Qi County to the top of the tower, looking nervously at the phalanx formed by Xiao Ruxun below the city. The northern captive cavalry rushed towards them like lightning.

"Why did Admiral Xiao take those troops out? Isn't there Li Rusong's Liaodong cavalry?"

Zhu Minchun asked nervously.

The county magistrate of Qi County naturally didn't know what to ask, and the guard of Qi County couldn't understand it for a long time, so he could only reply tentatively: "After all, he is a famous general who has never lost a single battle. Admiral Xiao must have his own reasons." Bar……"

Such an answer naturally did not satisfy Zhu Minchun, he glanced at the Qi County guard in displeasure, and then continued to look at the battlefield.

The northern captive cavalry was getting closer, and the drums were beating more and more urgently. Zhu Minchun felt his heart beat faster and faster.

Suddenly, the sound of war drums stopped abruptly.

Zhu Minchun's breathing was stagnant.

In the formation below the city, Xiao Ruxun raised his sword.

"Shield soldiers raise their shields!"

After the order was issued, the shield soldiers immediately set up three layers of iron shields, one layer on top of the other, to build up the skeleton of the formation.

The cavalry approached again, and Xiao Ruxun gave another order.

"The gunman raises his gun!!"

A Thousand Gunners immediately raised their long spears, pierced through the tiny gap between the shields, and the sharp spear head pierced out. Under the reflection of the sun, the spear head shone with a cold light, and a giant like a hedgehog The array was quickly arranged.

And the northern captive cavalry seemed to be ready, not flustered at all, as if realizing that the Ming army would be so prepared, the arrow-like charge instantly separated to the left and right, and the distance gradually widened, turning into a Two troops charging together.

The Beilu soldiers on horseback had already clenched their bows and arrows, bent their bows and nocked their arrows and pointed them in the air, ready to shoot.

This is the cavalry and archery kung fu that has threatened the Han people for thousands of years. The cavalry of the Central Plains Dynasty has never been able to gain the upper hand in this kung fu.

But it doesn't matter now, the horn of the firearms era has already sounded, bows and arrows have been eliminated by Xiao Ruxun, and it doesn't matter whether you have the ability to ride or shoot.

Two torrents of black cavalry rushed towards the two wings of Xiao Ruxun's formation like a torrent of water rushing towards the building.

They had no intention of attacking the hedgehog formation head-on, but they planned to use bows and arrows to crush this phalanx of the Ming army who dared to challenge the cavalry head-on, and then massacred them to their heart's content, and finally took down the city behind them.

Then slaughter!

Slaughter Slaughter Slaughter!

Only the consciousness of such a beast is left in their minds.

The greatest deterrent force that the cavalry brought to the infantry was the strong feeling from the impact, the shaking ground, the roaring horses, the overwhelming number of people, and the bloodthirsty killing intent.

All of this is testing the psychological endurance of the infantry. Once a person cannot withstand this deterrent force, he will first collapse psychologically, which will bring about a series of chain reactions. This will be a devastating blow to the infantry phalanx of.

The big formation will break down without attack.

The infantry fighting against the cavalry needs to have extremely strong psychological quality and strong fighting spirit. The recruits who have not undergone strict training and have not seen blood will definitely not be able to persist.

After three years of uninterrupted fighting and training, the Zhennan Army under Xiao Ruxun already possessed such qualities. Everyone gritted their teeth, their faces were bloodshot, and they stared fixedly at Bei The captive cavalry, like a tiger lying on the ground, is always ready to deal a fatal blow to its enemy.

They are not afraid.

Beilu started to attack!

Accompanied by the sound of piercing through the sky, densely packed bows and arrows fell from the sky. The shield soldiers of the formation were well-trained and prepared. They firmly resisted the large shield and protected all soldiers under the large shield. After the arrow rain hit, except for a few unlucky soldiers who were injured by some tricky bows and arrows, no one died from the arrows.

Xiao Ruxun did not order the pawns to fight back, and the pawns were still under the strictest protection.

The northern captive cavalry came roaring, passing by the two wings of Xiao Ruxun's formation. The strong ground vibration and violent noise brought enormous psychological pressure to the soldiers of the Ming army, and even more intense bloodthirsty murderous intent rushed towards them. , A bloody smell filled the nostrils of the soldiers.

Beilu hoped to use this method to crush the fighting spirit of this infantry, but the faces of this well-trained soldiers became more ferocious, and at this moment, the second and third rounds of arrow rain attacks began.

Dense arrows fell from the sky, and the increasingly dense rain of arrows had already injured a few soldiers of the Ming army, and soldiers who were shot to death also began to appear.

At the same time, more than ten thousand Beilu cavalry had formed a huge encirclement circle. They circled the infantry phalanx, keeping a certain distance from the infantry phalanx, making sure that the rain of arrows would not accidentally injure their own people. Arrows rained at the infantry phalanx.

If you look at it from a height at this time, it is a huge black encirclement circle that surrounds the red battle formation, which obviously does not have enough people. No active attack.

Zhu Minchun was trembling all over, his teeth were chattering.

"Xiao... Admiral Xiao...why didn't he fight back? Why didn't he fight back? It's all like this... Xiao... Admiral Xiao won't die, right? Let Li Rusong save him! Let Li Rusong go! "

The county magistrate of Qi county was already paralyzed on the top of the city wall from fright, the guard of Qi county gritted his teeth, and supported the tower so that he would not fall to the ground.

They can't protect themselves.

The deterrent force of [-] cavalry is too great.

All of a sudden, the drums from the top of the city sounded again.

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom

For thousands of years, when the Han people faced the strong enemy from the north and went south, they would beat the drum, which symbolized death. Wherever the drum sounded, there would always be warriors of the Han family fighting back to the north without fear of life and death, facing north to die, The nation then lives to die.

When the soldiers of the Ming army heard the sound of the drum, their faces became solemn.

Xiao Ruxun drew out his sword.

"The blunderbuss lifts the blunderbuss!!!"

The musketeers finally got the order, and they raised their muskets one after another, and the muzzles protruded out of the formation from the gap in the large shield.

The northern captives have formed a circle around the large formation to strike with arrow rain. There are densely packed northern captives in all directions, and the distance is within the effective range of muskets. Shooting at this time, whether it is a smoothbore or a rifled gun, will double the lethality!

No matter whether they are men or horses, as long as the northern captives are hit, the lead poison of the lead bullet and the fire poison of the gunpowder will instantly cripple them. Regardless of whether they die or not, they will become useless people, and horses will also become useless horses!
One bullet for one northern captive cavalry, this deal is really a bargain!

Under the tremendous pressure, the soldiers needed a stormy counterattack to relieve the pressure that was about to drive them crazy!
"Fire!!!"

When the order was issued, the gunmen roared, firing out their anger and madness along with the bullets, and launched a counterattack at the northern captives.

Bah bah bah bah bah...

After a round of shooting, the pistols retreated to the outermost circle of the circular formation, and the second level joined, extending their muzzles out of the formation.

"Raise the gun!! Fire!!"

Bah bah bah bah bah...

Another round of shooting.

The bullets carried the soldiers' hatred and strong fighting intent and flew towards the Beilu, either flying straight or obliquely. It was not accurate at all, but the Beilu circled the Ming army's formation in a circle. How to hit, how to hit, the hit rate is miraculously greatly improved.

Accompanied by the howling sound of the shot men and horses, some disharmonious factors appeared in the originally smooth-running Beilu circular formation.

The counterattack of the Ming army began.

(End of this chapter)