From Chief to Ball

The spear is not long, about three steps, not the kind of super spear that requires a dense formation, and there are some long spears on the side to strengthen it.

Under the leadership of the corporal, the musketeers lit the matchlock, loaded gunpowder and lead bullets, and waited for the order to fire.Because it is a simple matchlock gun, the distance between people is very wide, and it cannot form a violent barrage like a flintlock.

In addition, the ignition method is not even a serpentine rod, but a simple Z-shaped rod, and there is no cover on the top of the priming pool, so if a slight spark blows in, it may be fired in advance.Everyone carried a pile of gunpowder on their backs, and if they got too close to be ignited by the people around them, that would be a narrow escape.

Bayonets are even more impossible to match, and matchlock guns are too heavy to swing, so these musketeers can only be issued with bronze swords.

In fact, compared with archers, these primitive musketeers don't have much advantage, but the bows on the opposite side are not much stronger, so everyone is equally divided.

The only ones that can be said to have surpassed an era are those artillery pieces, but although they have lugs, there are no torsion bar bolts to adjust the angle of the artillery pieces. If you want to adjust the angle, you can only dig holes under the wheels or put wood behind them. piece.

Fortunately, these three-pound cannons are not heavy, and the horses can pull them quickly and maneuver, and they are easy to deploy, and they can keep up with the speed of infantry.

The deployment speed of the four battalions and three guns was extremely fast, which exceeded the expectations of the opponent. With no artillery on the opposite side for long-distance strikes and our own scouts controlling the two wings and the front to prevent harassment, each company was training as usual. First turn around and then maneuver in four columns. After arriving at the designated location, collectively turn left and right, and quickly fill up the position to form a horizontal team of five or six.

This is the result of Chen Jian's seven years of training. It looks like the level of the parade of high school students in the previous life, but in this era, it is enough to shock the opponent's jaw.

For Suyue's army, it took at least four times as long as Xia's army to deploy the troops. If the troops did not deploy in a chaotic regiment, they would have no combat effectiveness at all-everyone fought in such a chaotic manner ten years ago , but it will be different ten years later.

After the front line of the troops was deployed, Chen Jian ordered: "Beat the drums and march!"

The drummer raised his snare drum, and the flute player blew his flute, moving forward quickly, stopping at eighty steps according to the rules and regrouping to keep them even.

From Suyue's side came out some rangers carrying curved bows and bronze swords, trying to hinder Xia's advance, resulting in uneven front lines.

The light cavalry and scouts in the rear rushed out from the gap between the companies, and dispersed the opponent's scouts in groups of three or four, leaving only a safe distance of [-] steps for the infantry behind. Team.

On the left wing of the Xia Army's front, Li Silang and his colleagues in the artillery crew carried all kinds of weird tools needed for the artillery: wool brushes to cool down and extinguish sparks in the barrel, vinegar buckets, spiral cleaning bores or The iron rod made by the shell, the semicircular scale plate, the wooden block used to adjust the angle of the artillery, the kindling rope and the iron chisel used to plunge into the fire door.

The horses pulled the expensive copper cannons, and there were five three-pound cannons and a dozen small one-pound cannons or heavy guns behind them, which were not deployed, and remained in a mobile state.

He blinked his injured eyes after being blasted by the musket, and cursed that the sun on the opposite side was a bit dazzling, and there were a few flies squatting on the cold gun body, licking something there, or someone drank rum and landed on it before departure.

"Let's lick, if you guys still lick foolishly after a fight, then you're familiar."

He muttered in a low voice, and beside him, a colleague whose palm was burned by the artillery when he attacked Xirong last time couldn't help cursing. He was carrying a small shovel on his back, which he used to dig holes when adjusting the angle.

When advancing to [-] steps away from Suyue's army, Suyue's army also began to move forward slowly. Xia Jun's flute player stopped playing when he heard the company captain yelled to stop.

The Musketeers and Spearmen on both sides of the artillery group quickly stood in line, and the Musketeers stepped back five steps, and the first row was exactly in the last row of the Spearmen.

Take out the wooden fork, put the musket on the wooden fork, and make sure that there are no comrades within one step on both sides, in case your matchlock hits your comrades or you become the first person killed by your comrades inadvertently.

The soldiers in the first row squatted and used shorter wooden forks; the soldiers in the second row were slightly taller, but bent over; the third row was of normal height.There are two rows of soldiers behind, and when necessary, they can quickly step forward and form a line to complete a salvo.

Basically, only the first volley is the most effective, and there will be various situations such as forgetting the cleaning rod in the gun, pouring the lead bullet first and then pouring the gunpowder, and pressing the match with too much force.

The artillery crew on the side quickly unloaded the light copper cannon, visually measured the distance to the opponent, adjusted the angle of the artillery, placed wooden blocks, took out gunpowder and iron balls wrapped in linen from the wooden box, and placed them in.

The three-jin cannon shoots at a 45-degree angle, and can hit the limit distance of a thousand steps, but it is meaningless.

The battlefield was extremely quiet, and everyone was waiting for the first bloodshed and fight to begin.

At this moment, the Xia army's battle lines are not even. The three cannons are on the left wing, while the right wing is deliberately dragged back thirty steps, forming an inclined plane. time.

Because Suyue's main force was blocked by those soldiers, and there were no mountains nearby, it was impossible to judge where to attack.

The only thing that can be seen is that there are about [-] riders on the right flank of Awatake's army and his own left flank. They are moving towards the flank. It seems that they want to go around, but the speed is extremely slow, and they do not exceed the army formation. They seem to be waiting Order.

In the middle of the battle formation, Chen Jian shouted to the messengers beside him: "Let the guards in the feather forest and the guards in black go to the left flank, and tell Li Si that once the enemy gets closer to six hundred paces, we will fight and force the Qingqi on the opposite side to come out."

After repeating the order, the messenger quickly maneuvered to the left with the military flag.

Habayashi Wei and the black-clothed guards on horseback moved quickly to the left, forming an array on the left wing.The fifth battalion that was not full of staff remained unchanged and continued to stay by Chen Jianjian's side.

Ji Bai was riding on the horse, and felt a little strange about Chen Jian's actions.As one of the few hundred-war veterans in the Xia army, the black guards are usually used only at the last moment.

Now the left wing has concentrated the most elite forces of the entire Xia army, the Habayashi Guards and the Black Clothes Guards, and the right wing has deliberately delayed. Ji Bai felt that this was a bit risky.

Obviously this is the time to delay the right wing to meet the enemy, concentrate the main force on the left wing, attack the left wing and defend the right wing, trying to break through on the left wing.

But how could he put all his wealth on so early?Besides, even if this is the case, those Lei Huowei should concentrate on the left flank and use them to blast away the opponent's army formation.

It's just that a military order is a military order. Before the battle, you can question that it must be obeyed during the war. When he was about to leave, Chen Jian rode up to Ji Bai's side, said something, and handed over the command of the left wing to Ji Bai.

After the elite of the two guards maneuvered to the left flank, the soldiers of the Habayashi guards mocked Ji Bo, a group of cavalry who dismounted from their horses and walked on horseback.

At this time, the distance between the two sides was close to [-] steps. Li Si shouted at the two cannons next to him, and the gunners who were already prepared immediately lit the matchlock.

boom……

Three not-so-big iron balls jumped three hundred steps, then bounced high on the stiff ground, and smashed down towards Auyue's soldiers.

One jumped too high and missed, and two hit right into the crowd. This was the first time the troops on the opposite side had seen artillery. This kind of weapon beyond the usual killing distance made them extremely terrifying.

An iron ball broke the leg of a rider's war horse, jumped up and covered the face of a person behind him, and directly smashed his head off.

The soldiers on the right wing of the Suyue Army looked in horror at the white smoke rising from the opposite side. The black, not too big iron balls seemed to fly very slowly. But the speed can penetrate the bodies of three people.

The right wing of Su Yue's army immediately became chaotic, and there were gaps and gaps in the originally even line. These soldiers had never endured the shelling, and not many people were killed by the shelling, but the shock of the scene was unbearable for these soldiers.

After two rounds of cannon fire, the riders on the right wing of Su Yue's army seemed unable to bear it anymore, and charged towards this side.

Chapter 135 The Final Battle ([-])

The cavalry in Suyue's army were not the main force. Their role was limited to chasing down routs, disrupting the formation, flanking the rear and forcing the enemy's line to loosen.

If it cooperates with Habayashi, this is undoubtedly excellent, creating an opportunity for Habayashi to attack.However, Xia Jun's informal Qingqi were all in Yangguan, and Chen Jian didn't even have time to mobilize them.

Stirrups have been around for seven years, but Chen Jian didn't teach these people how to fight after having stirrups. Instead, he came up with a complete set of perfect chariot charging system, so the absolute main force of Su Yue's army is the eighty chariots and the rear foot infantry.

This is also the reason why Chen Jian has been slowly crawling forward wretchedly, holding most of Lei Huowei and a battalion in his hands, but did not deploy.The impact of chariots on the Great Plains is much stronger than that of stirrup cavalry.

Most of the cavalry in the Suyue army were small and medium nobles, whose blood was close to that of the chief priests. They had more than a dozen slaves in their hands and could not play with chariots. martial arts.

Generally speaking, after these people bought stirrups from Xia Guo, they found that once they got on the horse and wielded all kinds of weapons, it was easy to bully the slaves or civilians standing on the ground, so they thought that cavalry was like this.

They don't have the guts to fight those chariots that charge hundreds of catties with their left bows and right swords, but it doesn't seem to be a big problem to attack the infantry on foot.

After two rounds of artillery fire, these small and medium-sized nobles could no longer bear this psychological depression and launched an attack.

Since chariots were popularized in the various parts of the river ten years ago, stirrups and expensive armor appeared seven years ago, and agricultural technology innovation allowed some people to practice killing skills completely off-duty, a potential psychological advantage was established in the hearts of the nobles: I can Fighting ten, the fighting is all up to me, the clan infantry is just making up, especially on the vast plains along the river.

Controlling their horses and waving their weapons, they charged in a circle above Jun Xia's left wing, trying to cause chaos on Jun Xia's side.

Xia Jun's left wing, Ji Bo, who was authorized to command the left wing, ordered the three cannons to ignore the riders on the opposite side, and aimed their cannons at the infantry on the opposite side.

Habayashi quickly formed a team in the open space on the left wing. The riders in the first row drew out their spears, and the riders in the back row drew out their bronze swords, waiting for Habayashi Weiro to issue an order.