Author: Use your soul to aim

Chapter 181 Death of Daishan

Just when Dai Shan and his subordinate Niu Lu Ezhen were teasing the Ming army.

Mang Gurtai of Zhenglan Banner and Amin of Xianglan Banner also appeared in sight.

Dai Shan first wondered if it was necessary to send soldiers and horses from four flags together if he pointed out the Ming army like this. Then he felt that these two flags were here to pick up some bargains and steal his spoils.

Then he took a look at the thin military formation of the Ming army. There were no cannons, no trenches, and no fences. How could they withstand the elite troops of the two banners who were twice their size?

Then he ordered the attack without hesitation, preparing for the men and horses of the two banners to rush directly into the gap in the Ming army's formation, allowing the Ming army to have a good taste of their heavy arrows.

The hollow square formation is the most important formation for dealing with cavalry. It is the most commonly trained formation in the Legislative Army. Brigades are often used as units to attack each other's hollow square formations, allowing soldiers to feel the atmosphere of the cavalry attack in advance.

Facing the attack of the two red flags of Jiannu, the soldiers of the Legislative Army in the phalanx were still chatting.

A veteran said to the new recruit:

"When I finish this battle, I will go home and marry a wife. We have killed so many Tatars today, so I am definitely a second-class warrior. Maybe I can become a first-class warrior."

I have already been allocated thirty acres of land for my military exploits. In addition to the fifty acres originally allocated, I will be able to get one hundred acres after this victory."

The recruit next to him asked the veteran;

"Did the governor really give me the land?"

The veteran laughed and said:

"You bastard, you still dare to question the governor's words. Without the governor, you can eat meat. The governor never pays us military pay. There are extra rewards during the holidays. The land that the governor gave me has already harvested two crops of grain.

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The yield of corn is much higher than that of wheat. As long as you listen to the governor, you will be right. The fifty acres of land given to you by joining the army have been divided among you a long time ago. The canals have also been repaired and the water is of the best quality.

Water the ground.

Every family in Yansui Town has a new term for the governor. If I hadn't really been unable to study, I would have become a disciple of the governor long ago. I must give birth to a son in the future and educate him well to be a disciple of the governor."

After listening to the veterans' words, the recruits seemed to have more confidence and thought that they would also make more contributions and become a landlord.

Just then the battalion commander started shouting:

"Be prepared to engage the enemy. Everyone hold still. Do not fire without orders."

Because there was no mark set up in advance, Liangchen could only use his pocket watch to calculate the impact speed of the Jiannu cavalry and how long it would take for them to rush into the army formation, so as to grasp the best time to fire.

At the moment when Jiannu entered the firing range, the two sides of the rectangular hollow phalanx facing the Tatar cavalry opened fire first under the command of the bugle.

After firing the ammunition, the soldiers in the first row immediately squatted down and raised their flintlocks, forming a bayonet forest.

The soldiers in the second row and the third row continued to load ammunition and prepare for the next round of shooting.

The five cavalry regiments arranged a total of fifteen hollow square formations, and the hollow square formations were more than fifty meters apart, leaving enough space for the enemy's cavalry to run.

Fifteen hollow square arrays form a large rectangular square array.

Daishan led the soldiers and horses with two red flags. When he was still a hundred meters away from the phalanx, he saw the white smoke from the Ming army's formation fire cannons.

Daishan thought to himself, the Ming army has not changed yet! If they open fire from such a distance, who can they hit?

Then I felt that the soldiers around me seemed to have dropped their horses, and I looked back.

Not only his own troops, but also a large number of the most elite white-armored soldiers on the front line were knocked off their horses.

At this time, Shi Shancai understood why the Ming army dared to fire from such a distance. It turned out that their fire cannons could hit farther than the Lumi cannons of the Liaodong Ming army.

The original tactics of the Eight Banners were to rush to the Ming Army at a distance of twenty to thirty meters, use heavy bows and heavy arrows to shoot directly at the Ming Army's facade, shoot the arrows, then turn their horses' heads, and shoot arrows in a circle along the Ming Army's formation.

This is to break the Ming army's formation.

If the Ming army turned back and fled, they would only be overtaken and killed by the cavalry. If they did not run, they would have to face the heavy bows of the Eight Banners firing directly at the facade.

Even when fighting on foot, the Eight Banners used heavy bows at a distance of twenty to thirty meters to attack the Ming army's appearance. In the past, this tactic was always successful when facing the Ming army.

The distance of 100 meters on horseback passed in an instant. A row of fire cannons directly hit Jian Nu with two red flags. The most elite white-armored soldiers fell to pieces on the road, making Jian Nu shoot heavy arrows sparsely. It was completely different from before.

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However, it still caused hundreds of casualties to the Legislative Army. This was the most serious casualty suffered by the Legislative Army since the war started today.

The injured soldiers were immediately dragged away, and the soldiers in the rear row stepped forward to block the gap. Everything had been practiced countless times. They had no fear at this moment, and only instinctively accepted the orders.

After Daishan shot an arrow, he rushed directly through the gap in the phalanx. After entering, he felt the power of the phalanx. He was immediately hit by the phalanx on the left and right, and more Tatars were shot down from their horses.

The Jiannu cavalry that rushed into the phalanx could only continue to advance along the gaps between the phalanxes. The gaps between the phalanxes scattered the Jiannu cavalry. The horses instinctively avoided the forest of bayonets and did not dare to get too close to the phalanx.

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Facing attacks from all directions, the Jiannu cavalry did not care about shooting arrows and only wanted to break out of the square formation.

There were also some slaves who were shot down and dismounted, so they rushed into the phalanx thinking about their own bravery. Unfortunately, they faced the dismounted cavalry of the Legislative Army. Each cavalry was equipped with two short muskets.

Some officers even bought four of them themselves. At this moment, they were holding short muskets and specifically looking for these fallen Jiannu cavalry. No matter how thick your armor is, you can't block the close range bombardment of the short muskets.

After the first round of shooting, everyone in the phalanx, except for the soldiers in the first row, entered a free-firing state.

Just like target practice, facing these Jiannu cavalry who were milling around in the phalanx, the soldiers relied solely on their instincts trained by machines and kept reloading the flintlocks in their hands.

Shooting, aiming, reloading, a Jiannu cavalry fell off his horse. Perhaps he was still wondering why these Ming troops didn't run away. The Ming troops used to leave their backs to them.

Of the 15,000 slave cavalrymen of the Two Red Flags, less than half of the original number were able to escape the square formation intact. This is because the strength of the Legislative Army was a bit small. If the strength was doubled, most of the slaves would not be able to escape.

Get out of the square alive.

Daishan, the leader of Zhenghong Banner, had already died in the square formation, while Daishan's sons Yue Tuo and Shuo Tuo were lucky enough to escape.

Mang Gurtai and Amin, who were watching the battle from a distance, saw Daishan rushing towards the Ming army without waiting for them at the beginning.

It was a pity that I had lost a large amount of loot. Then I saw the two red flags rushing into the Ming army's formation. In the white smoke that kept coming out of the Ming army's formation, the horses fell and even the military flags fell down.
Chapter completed!