Ming Taizi's Total War

Chapter 225 Rebel Siege
The musketeers simply fired a round of muskets to frighten the enemy. Maybe with luck, they could hit the vital points of a few rebels and injure them.

However, after the sound of bangs and a puff of white smoke dissipated, not many rebels on the opposite side fell down, and they still maintained a relatively neat pace of progress.

But soon, the horse trap dug by the auxiliary soldiers just now caused trouble for them.

Although the infantry has a strong ability to adapt to the terrain and is better than all kinds of livestock, they are also very embarrassed on the land full of unevenness, unevenness, and horse pits.

The formation, which was relatively neat just now, suddenly became chaotic because of the existence of the horse trap.

Because being trapped in a horse pit will prevent them from walking properly, they must keep walking forward at a fast speed while paying attention to their steps.

Not long after entering the horse trap area, many pawns fell to the ground because they accidentally stepped on the air, or got caught in the horse trap, and fell to the ground.

"Don't be chaotic, keep the formation." The small officer commanding at the forefront of the team saw that the formation of the soldiers around him dispersed, and hurriedly directed them to regroup.

The key to infantry combat lies in formation. Once the formation is messed up, their combat effectiveness and defense will be greatly reduced.

Because Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo have been in the Central Plains and North China for a long time, the troops under their command have been fighting on foot for a long time, so they are naturally very clear about this.

Although it is troublesome to fall into a horse pit, it is easy for people to trip, but as long as you pay more attention and slow down your speed a little, it will be fine.

Soon, the rebel infantry slowed down under the command of the officer and maintained a fairly neat formation.

Although there is no way to compare with the heavy infantry of the Fifth Army Battalion of the Ming Army who are waiting in full battle, they have already formed a good combat effectiveness.

It's a pity that they will soon face even greater trouble, which is the horse trap just dug by the auxiliary soldiers.

Although the auxiliary soldiers had no time to fully dig the trench because the rebels moved too fast, they had already dug a two-meter-deep trench before the auxiliary soldiers left.

Seeing the two-meter-deep trench in front of them, the rebel infantry, including the officers, all stopped.

Although no one can be killed if dropped to a depth of two meters, or even if dropped to a depth of four meters, it can still injure someone.

And the most vulnerable part is the fragile ankle or knee joint.

On the battlefield, once these parts and joints are injured, once the battle is defeated, there will be no chance to run.

So these rebels are very hesitant, whether they should jump in or not, the general's order is to kill them, but once they jump into the trenches, they will inevitably cause some damage to their bodies.

As for jumping across the trench, don't even think about it. The width of the trench is more than three meters, and some war horses may not be able to jump over it, let alone these big soldiers.

Unless they're both long jumpers, that's a possibility.

But when long jumpers jump long, they don't wear heavy armor, and they also carry swords, guns and shields.

Carrying such a heavy load, they are considered to be in excellent physical fitness if they can jump half a meter.

"Come with me, jump in, and dig a passage with your sword." The battlefield is changing rapidly, and they are always under fire from Ming army musketeers. The rebel officer quickly made a choice.

The rebel officer was the first to jump into the trench, and then kept chopping the earth wall on one side of the trench with the ring knife in his hand. The other soldiers saw it and followed suit.

The soil in the Central Plains is loess, which is soft and easy to dig. This is why the auxiliary soldiers were able to dig out a trench that surrounded the central army so quickly, three meters wide and two meters deep.

But before they destroyed the trenches and cut a passage with their swords, they were constantly attacked by the Ming army's musketeers.

Standing behind the Juma, the Shenji campfire musketeers kept hitting the rebels behind the trenches with muskets and gunpowder as if they didn't need money.

During the short period of time when the rebels destroyed the trenches, hundreds of Shenji campfire gunners caused thousands of casualties.

This is also the reason why the rebels are crowded together and cannot dodge. Otherwise, with the efficiency of firearms in this era, it would be impossible to kill as efficiently as modern firearms.

That is to say, where did Zhu Cihong's pro-military musketeers get it from the system? If it was the Ming Dynasty official army's musketeers, maybe the rebels would not be killed or injured if the muskets were fired, but he himself would be injured by the explosion.

However, the gunners had only a short chance to cause casualties. After the rebels destroyed the trenches and cut out passages with swords, the rebels came like a roaring tsunami.

The number of rebels was extremely large, and Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo sent almost all of their troops to the front line, hoping to destroy the defense of Zhu Cihong's pro-army with a single blow.

They only left less than 1 people in the rear as a rearguard force, always defending against possible attacks by Ming army reinforcements.

However, because Zhu Cihong's central army formed a circular defensive position, the rebels surrounded it, and the rear guards naturally formed a ring, so as to ensure that every rebel had comrades behind them. guard.

But in this way, it would be meaningless to set up these rear guard troops, because nearly ten thousand people walk on a front that is more than ten miles long, and the average length of one mile can only be divided into several hundred people.

Once the Ming army's reinforcements come, tearing apart their defense is as easy as tearing up a piece of paper.

This point, Liu Zeqing and Xu Dingguo, two battlefield veterans, naturally considered it, but they thought that it was impossible for Ming army reinforcements to arrive in a short time, so they made such a decision.

After the trenches were destroyed, the gunners of the Shenji campfire temporarily lost their function, so they retreated to the second line and took a temporary rest with the auxiliary soldiers.

At this moment, only the heavy infantry of the Fifth Army Battalion and other hand-to-hand infantry were fighting on the defense line.

However, their number was too small, and Zhu Cihong's defense line was crumbling, as if it would be torn apart by the rebels in the next second.

In order to withstand the surging rebel offensive, Zhu Cixiang quickly took countermeasures, which was to arm auxiliary troops and let them serve as cannon fodder to share the pressure on the defense line.

First of all, there are a lot of them, a full 2 people.

Moreover, most of these auxiliary soldiers have received a little military training. Although they have not contacted martial arts, at least they know how to do it to last longer when facing the enemy.

And now Zhu Cihong has a lot of armor and weapons around him to supplement other Ming armies.

Iron armor and cotton armor may not be enough, but paper armor needs to be as much as possible, especially swords, guns and shields.

Thanks to Zhu Cilang's usual care for the nurses and soldiers, he always gave them rewards and never deducted military pay, so when the order was handed down, few auxiliary soldiers refused.

(End of this chapter)