Wanli 1592

Chapter 868 Li Wen Insisted On Her Judgment

As the trilateral governor appointed by the imperial court, Li Wen is very resolute on the battlefield, and he is also quite sharp when facing the provocations of the northern captives. He is indeed a good hand against the northern captives. Although he is very old, he is still tough. strong.

But this time, before the battle, the morale of the rebels was low, the non-battle loss was quite large, and the first fight was defeated, and the morale of the army was extremely low. At this moment, Li Wen desperately needed a victory. To restore morale, by the way, stabilize the impetuous morale of the army.

"The rebels have sharp firearms, proficient tactics and strong combat effectiveness. They are not inferior to our army. We have underestimated the enemy before. Now, do you have any good ways to deal with those rebels? For example, send more firecrackers from the rear to attack the rebels. Army Hill?"

Li Wen asked his subordinates and senior officers.

The senior participants looked at me and I looked at you, all showing embarrassed expressions.

"Governor, the sharpness of the rebel weapons is beyond our expectations. Right now, there is really no good way to deal with the enemy except for a frontal attack."

"Yes, Governor, the road to march is difficult and dangerous. Our army is trying to be as light and simple as possible, and there are very few large-scale ordnance. Even if we start to ask the rear to send more firecrackers, it is probably too late. It is better to force the superior force to attack. "

"Governor, it takes time to reload the firecrackers. It is easy to overheat after repeated firings. The same is true for the bird guns, so the bursts are limited. Unless the rebels have a lot of firecrackers, it is impossible to fight for a long time. In the end, you still have to use real swords and guns. In the battle on the battlefield, our army has a large number of troops, as long as we can withstand the firearms of the rebels, we will be able to meet the rebels hand-to-hand, and hand-to-hand combat is the decisive way to victory."

"Governor, Firearms Little Doyle, it's not worth mentioning. The real important thing is hand-to-hand combat. Even if 2000 people can rush up the hills to fight hand-to-hand with the rebels, the reason why the follow-up is weak when the battle is defeated. If the follow-up force is sufficient, dealing with the rebels is a trivial matter. "

The high-level participants conducted theoretical analysis on the weaknesses of firearms and their strengths, which was praised by Li Wen.

"Well, it makes sense. After all, firearms are small roads and cannot take on big responsibilities. If you continue to arrange for the army to attack, you will definitely be able to take down the hills and move forward! This is very good! Come, send orders, and arrange for a thousand-man team to attack the rebel hills." With continuous attacks, the front army will be defeated and the next army will continue, and so on and on, the rebel army will be defeated like a mountain!"

Li Wen made up his mind.

The military order was issued, and the army began to organize a thousand-man stormtrooper according to the requirements. To put it bluntly, it was a death squad. Each person only carried short weapons and tried to attack the hill in front of him in the shortest time until he took down the hill before attacking the next hill. All in all, we must break through the rebels' hill defense line anyway.

The several hills on the road in front of them are close to each other. There are Zhennan Army troops fortified on the hills, and they can support each other. If these hills are not taken down, they will not be able to attack Liuba further. Facing the commander-in-chief's order, the frontier army could only bite the bullet and go into battle.

So the next day, the two sides fought fiercely, with heavy artillery fire.

Once the frontier army got close to the range of the artillery of the Zhennan Army, the shells would smash down fiercely, wrapped in scorching air waves, and they could take away many lives in an instant. This was a great blow to the army formation. Very large, the frontier army is not used to fighting with firearms troops, and it took a long time to figure out the method of dispersing attacks.

This can reduce the lethality of the artillery and reduce the casualties of the frontier troops, but when rushing to the hills, people have to gather together, which becomes a living target for the gunners.

The Zhennan army bird musketeers are well-trained, and they fire extremely fast. Round after round of gunpowder smoke rises, round after round of lead hits, hitting the chest, hitting the head, hitting the arm, hitting the leg, blood flow For example, stumps and broken arms flew around, and the frontier army suffered heavy losses...

An hour into the war, two thousand-man teams in a row were broken up, and they lost their combat effectiveness and ran back desperately. Li Wen, who was so angry that he went to the front to supervise the battle, immediately organized his own guards to form a supervisory team, and ordered that if there was anyone to run back The soldiers immediately hacked to death without mercy, which slightly stopped the retreat of the frontier army.

But what's the use of this?
Being defeated is the general trend. It really breaks the morale of the army. No matter how large the supervisory team is, they can't hold back the army running back. Compared with the lethality of blunderbuss and artillery, knives are better to hide. As long as there are many people, they can rush Dispersed Supervision team.

This forced Li Wen to organize more supervisory teams. When the deterrent force of the supervisory team's knives even surpassed the Zhennan Army's counterattack, the frontier army's thousand-man team finally stopped running back. They knew that they would not be able to survive if they ran back. Just die on the front line...

Their combat power rose sharply, and they caught the Zhennan Army by surprise. Although they were still annihilated in the end, the Zhennan Army's defense line was unstable. So before the third thousand-man team came up, the first group of troops on the hill The Zhennan Army finally chose to retreat.

Retreat to the second line of defense and continue fighting.

"Governor! The rebels have withdrawn!"

A senior officer pointed to the hill where the Zhennan Army retreated and shouted in surprise.

When Li Wen saw it, he was immediately excited, and immediately realized that such a tactic was effective. Although the thousand-man team lost a bit, it was meaningful as long as they could break through the defense.

"Continue to attack! Kill me!!"

Li Wen commanded the frontier army to rush up the hill and fight down the next hill.

He himself led the high-ranking ginseng across a field of corpses and climbed up the hill, facing the remaining hills in front of him with a solemn expression.

"If this continues, how much will it take to take these hills? The rebels have too much advantage. If our army wants to attack by force, the losses will not be small. Now that Li Ruzhang's troops have not yet arrived, our army must not lose too much. !"

A calmer Gao Shen advised Li Wen like this.

Li Wen thought for a while, then shook his head.

"When the two armies fight, the most important thing is momentum. When the momentum is up, it must be invincible. The rebels also rely on their momentum. If we knock down their momentum, they will naturally win. The rebels will be defeated like a mountain. Therefore, This breath must not be let go, otherwise it will be difficult to bring it up again."

Li Wen insisted on his own judgment and continued to force the thousand-man team to charge the hill, ignoring the continuous artillery fire.

In fact, he didn't really want to ignore those sharp firecrackers and birdguns. He really didn't have many. He wanted to save his ammunition and firecrackers until he used them when he attacked the city. What if there is a long way to go?
It has long been heard that Xiao Ruxun is good at using firearms, and that the firearms troops under his command are unrivaled in the Ming Dynasty. Now it seems that it is indeed true. Today, he has seen the sharpness of Zhennan Army's firearms, and he has also seen his own powerlessness, but there is really no way.

Li Wen looked up at the sky, hoping to see signs of rain, hoping to see a heavy rain that would change the situation of the battle. Unfortunately, the sky is clear, the air is cold and dry, and there is little rain in winter. At this time Fighting for the front, the situation is greatly in favor of the Zhennan Army!

(End of this chapter)