Father can be an enemy to the country

In the Nanjian River Valley, at the foot of Lao Gongji Mountain, a banner with red tassels and gold characters on a blue background fluttered fiercely in the spring breeze, with seven powerful characters written on it:

‘The emperor ordered General Mu to conquer the South’!

Mu Ying holds the command flag in her right hand and holds the royal sword on her waist with her left hand, sitting on the tiger-skin chair under the handsome flag.

Seeing the Wuyang Wuyang Luchuan cavalry charging towards his own flag, he remained motionless and his expression did not change at all.

Those Luchuan cavalrymen were surprised to find that there was an open space between themselves and Mu Ying. They hurriedly mobilized their horses to seize this God-given opportunity and capture the thief first!

However, when they rushed to a distance of thirty feet in front of the handsome flag, earth-shattering gunfire suddenly sounded in front of them!

Countless cannon muzzles spurted out streams of fiery snakes, and hail-like pellets shot out, forming a terrifying barrage that enveloped the Lucchuan cavalry rushing in front.

In an instant, the swarms of Lucchuan cavalrymen and their horses were turned into gourds of blood, and they fell on their backs.

The tragic screams of men and horses resounded throughout the valley, even temporarily covering up the killing cries of the two armies on various battlefields.

It was a row of squatting cannons prepared by Muying for the elephants. The elephants did not enjoy it, but they did.

The Ming army changed their squatting tiger cannon into a squatting tiger cannon. They flattened the barrel and fired directly at the enemy. The cannon had a bayonet on it!

Under the volley of shotguns, those who were hit immediately pounced, claiming the lives of hundreds of Luchuan cavalrymen in an instant.

But there were too many soldiers from Luchuan, and they came one after another and continued to attack the commander's flag!

However, behind the artillery, there were still the Ming army's artillery soldiers. After a fierce and sustained three bursts of fire, the Luchuan cavalry suffered many casualties, and less than half of them could continue to advance.

The only good news is that both sides are close at hand, and the Ming army's muskets and artillery are useless.

Then I saw the Ming army's gunners and gunners quickly retreating and hiding in the square formation composed of spearmen and card soldiers.

The square array is a large circular array composed of multiple square arrays, which is the so-called "array within the array". Among them, the square formation is the most basic combat formation of the army in the cold weapon era. It is characterized by "thin in the middle and thick in the square", with fewer troops in the middle and more troops around it. This can maximize the deployment of troops and defend against enemy attacks.

The circular formation is used for circular defense and has no obvious weaknesses. The square and round formation combines the advantages of the square formation and the round formation, and can exert the greatest defensive power of the army. This dense defense formation can well resist attacks by superior enemy forces.

However, this formation requires a very powerful general, because the general must be located in the center of the formation and have a good understanding of the enemy's situation. He can assess the situation and take advantage of the fact that the square formations in the circular formation can move to adjust the position at any time according to the pressure of each position. Adjust the thickness of each front line, appropriately reduce the number of troops in areas with low pressure, and invest them in areas with high pressure. This is the key to using fewer enemies against more, but if you don't get it right, everything will go haywire.

But for Mu Ying, this is nothing to worry about. At the prince's prompting, he creatively innovated the phalanx, mixing pikemen, shield soldiers and archers and gunmen together, instead of separating the arms as before. This greatly improved the defensive power, allowing the infantry to withstand the impact of armored cavalry, not to mention the light cavalry of the Luchuan Army...

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When the Ming army's gunners withdrew into the formation, the Luchuan army saw the Ming army forming a large circle for defense. A simple fortification was formed around the outermost perimeter using the cart that had previously fired the magic arrows.

When they wanted to get close to destroy the fortifications, the Ming army's long gunmen drew their guns through the cart and stabbed their mounts. The long spears used by the Ming army were as long as one foot and eight feet, which was outrageous. But it is easy to use, and it is really easy to use. As the saying goes, one inch is long and one inch is strong. When a row of spears were thrust out, the horses of the Luchuan cavalry were stabbed one after another. They neighed in pain and jumped, throwing off the cavalry on their backs.

The sabers in the hands of the Luchuan cavalry could not touch the Ming army at all. When they endured huge sacrifices and finally pulled away the cart blocking the road, they discovered that the shield bearers of the Ming army had already been prepared...

As a result, the Luchuan cavalry besieged them for a long time, but they were like raging waves crashing on the shore. They seemed to be powerful, but in fact they were unable to shake the rocks on the shore.

At this time, Guo Ying finally led his cavalry back to support, and attacked Mu Ying's infantry from both inside and outside, annihilating all these brave Luchuan cavalry under the commander's flag...

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Silunfa had retreated to the left bank of the Nanjian River. Of course, he did not say it was for safety reasons, but because there was a hillside here. Standing high and seeing far, he could better grasp the overall situation.

During this period of time, his attention was focused on the Lucchuan cavalry attacking the Ming army's flag, hoping to create a miracle.

However, the miracle did not happen, and those heroic cavalry were quickly wiped out. Silunfa slapped his thigh hard, ignoring his frustration and disappointment, and turned his attention elsewhere on the battlefield. As a result, he found that his left and right wings were on the verge of collapse under the repeated attacks of the Ming army's cavalry.

"Your Majesty, send troops for reinforcements quickly!" Dao Gan Meng urged him anxiously.

"Yes." Silunfa nodded and ordered the rear formation to advance to support the front formation.

He still has 50,000 troops in the rear. However, Silun knew his family's affairs from his own family. He certainly knew what those 50,000 servants were and it was impossible to place all his hopes on them.

After pondering for a moment, he finally gritted his teeth and decided to spend the money!

"Xilayi, lead your troops and charge straight to the left of the Ming army. You must defeat them!" Silunfa said with a sullen face, the number one general of the Luchuan Kingdom and the leader of his own imperial army: "If you can't complete the task, leave. came back!"

"Yes!" Xi Layi has a dark face, a pair of beards, and a burly figure that is rare for Luchuan people. At first glance, he is a fierce general.

The 10,000-Xila forbidden army under his command are the elite warriors directly under the king, the strongest fighting force in the Luchuan Kingdom, and the final guarantee of the royal power. Silun usually cherishes his hair very much and never uses it easily, but when the war situation is critical, he can't care so much anymore.

Xila also lived up to the king's expectations. He led 10,000 elite warriors in bronze helmets and attacked the left flank of the Ming army.

Each of them held a shield and saber, and carried five javelins on their backs. When they rushed to the battlefield forty steps in front of the battlefield where the cavalry of the two armies were strangled, they used bamboo throwing aids to throw the javelins with all their strength, but did not leave. No matter whether your own people live or die, attack directly and indiscriminately!

The javelin roared out and flew over forty paces in the blink of an eye. The cavalry of both armies had no choice but to be shot one after another. But those who screamed and fell off their horses were mostly Luchuan cavalry. Because the Ming army cavalry not only wore fine armor, but were also lined with several layers of flexible satin clothes, which could effectively prevent sharp blades from penetrating deeply. This was a gift from the prince...

Seeing this, Xila immediately ordered his troops to continue approaching the enemy. When they reached the 20th step, he threw another javelin.

This time, it finally caused damage to the Ming army.

ps. The next two chapters will be before twelve o'clock...