nanming man

Chapter 941 Observing the Enemy
Thousands of horses galloped in the wilderness, and Tiger Dawei galloped ahead, and a large group of figures appeared on the edge of the canal in the distance.

More than 6000 Ming troops, after hearing the military order, hurriedly lined up. The pikemen in heavy armor squatted on the periphery, stabbing the spears in their hands obliquely, and arranged them in square formations. They raised the firecrackers behind them and stared at the Wei army and horse army coming from afar with stern expressions.

When the Ming army heard the police, they quickly leaned against the canal and formed more than 20 hollow square formations. They formed a formation of 300 people, with long guns on the outside, muskets next, artillery, swarms of bees and other equipment in the middle, which looked very familiar.

Seeing the Wei army's horse army galloping forward, the officers in the Ming army's formation all showed nervous expressions and shouted at their subordinates to keep the soldiers in formation and prepare to meet the enemy.

On the canal, the side gun windows of the four Ming warships were opened, and the guns mounted on the gun mounts were pushed into the gun positions. The black muzzles protruded from the gun windows. The direction Wei Jun was running towards.

General Shi Lang of the Zheng Army stood on the ship tower, and the general beside him saw the cavalry approaching in the distance, with a look of worry on his face, "Thousand households, the enemy has at least 2 troops."

At this time, a soldier suddenly reported: "General, Lieutenant General Gao asked us to use artillery to suppress the position."

Shi Lang looked serious, saw the flag of the Wei army fluttering among the densely packed cavalry, and said loudly, "Fight the flag and respond to General Gao." Then he turned his head and ordered, "The Hongyi cannon is ready!"

In the distance, tens of thousands of horses from the Wei army galloped forward. Hu Dawei's left and right were horse heads surging forward, and the cavalry marched like a wall.

At this time, Hu Dawei had already seen the Ming army in formation. Suddenly, a loud "bang" sounded from the side of the warship on the canal. A black iron bullet roared out and shot at the galloping Wei army and horse army.

The shell landed not far from Hu Dawei's body, made a deep hole on the ground, splashed a piece of soil, then bounced up again, and finally landed and rolled far away.

Hu Dawei saw the bomb crater emitting a trace of white smoke and the rolling iron bullets. He made a "huu hu" sound in his mouth, and slowly tightened the reins of the horse, and the speed of the horse gradually slowed down.

Behind Hu Dawei, the [-] cavalry also slowed down their horses one after another, and finally stopped three miles away from the canal.

There are Hongyi cannons on board, and there may be more than one. Three miles away is a relatively safe distance, and the Hongyi cannons are basically inaccurate.

The Wei army's horse army stopped far away, their horseshoes kept pawing the ground, their noses were snorting, and the cavalry was silent, looking at the Ming army in formation with stern eyes, looking murderous.

The Wei army was forced to stop by the artillery, which relieved the Ming army in formation. They hadn't fought the Wei army yet, but all the soldiers had heard of the Wei army's reputation for a long time. They knew that since the era of the Wei Wu army, they dared to call themselves invincible. Fighting for hegemony, there are countless battles in all directions, and defeat is rare.

However, the reason why the soldiers of the Ming army were really confused was not Wei Jun's record, but that Wei Jun was actually their teacher.

The learning ability of the Ming Dynasty was very strong. After the Ming Dynasty discovered that its firearms were backward, in just a few decades, various weapons such as the Lumi gun, the Frang machine, and the Hongyi cannon were manufactured.

When the Wei army continued to win victories in the war, the Ming army kept its eyes on the Wei army, dispatched countless spies to spy on the military situation, and even dispatched spies to pass the martial arts examination to enter the Wei Guowu Academy to steal teachers, and then came back to teach the Ming army.

Now the equipment of the Ming army is imitated by the Wei army, and the tactics of the Wei army are imitated. Even the manuals that every soldier must read after entering the camp are the works of the great contemporary military strategist King Gao.

At this time, what they wanted to challenge was not only the Wei army with great military exploits, but also the counterpart they had been imitating and learning. The soldiers of the Ming army naturally had no confidence in their hearts.

Gao Yizhen stood in the middle of the army, looked at the stopped Wei army, and looked at the army formation around him, the spears stabbing obliquely, the flintlock guns raised, and said to the surrounding people: "Don't panic! This formation is designed to attack cavalry. What's more, we still have the navy to support us. Wei's army relied on sharp firearms and a new army formation. Today I have firearms and army formations. Even if Gao Yihuan comes, why should I be afraid? Pass my general order, and all ministries should not act rashly , When the Wei army comes to attack, he will definitely be beaten to the ground."

After hearing this, the expressions of the soldiers of the Ming army eased a lot. Yes, they basically have what the Wei army has now, and the hollow formation has been tested on the battlefield. If the Wei army can use it to defeat Guan Ning and the Qing army, then they Why can't the Ming army be repelled?
At this time, after all the Wei troops stopped, they were staring at the opposite Ming army.

In previous battles, when the Wei army fought against the Qing army, they always had to pay attention to the Qing army's cavalry, but today they faced an army that didn't even have a few horse hairs, let alone an organized cavalry.

Li Jiyu rode forward, observed the formation of the Ming army, and frowned when he saw hollow phalanxes.

He put his feet on the stirrups, stood up from the horseback, and carefully watched the Ming army's formation, with an expression of eating a fly on his face, "Hollow formation?" He glanced again, the oblique spear, raised He sat back on the saddle, and after making sure he had read correctly, he pulled the rein and ran towards the banner.

"Captain, it's a hollow formation! The Ming army has learned our formation!" Li Jiyu came back and reported to Hu Dawei.

Hu Dawei felt a little familiar just now, and after hearing Li Jiyu's words, he couldn't help standing up from his horseback and looking at it with a binoculars for a while.

Li Jiyu said: "Captain, this formation is not easy for us to attack!"

Hu Dawei sat back on his saddle and said with a sneer, "We not only have cavalry troops, but also dragon cavalry. No matter what formation they form, it is not difficult to break through. The trouble is the few warships in the river."

Hu Dawei was very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of Wei Jun's own army formation, so he sneered at the Ming army's army formation, but he didn't know much about the Ming army's warships.

Immediately, Hu Dawei pointed to the warships in the distance, "These ships are parked in the middle of the river, with artillery on the sides, and there are gunners standing on the ship tower, who can also launch rockets. He can cover the Ming army on the shore. He couldn't help it."

Li Jiyu looked at it, "Even if the four warships are powerful, they will not have much impact on the overall battle situation, and besides, they cannot go ashore."

Hu Dawei couldn't help but glanced at Li Jiyu, and then said with a smile: "Yes, the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road. Just four warships can't play a decisive role. However, they are indeed a trouble, and it is not easy to keep them. You send a Teams, detour to the south, find a way to intercept these ships, the governor will dedicate them to the king."

As he said that, Hu Dawei waved his hand and ordered loudly: "Dragon Cavalry Army, line up and press forward, the horse army is ready to attack!"

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