Chapter 141        Invincible

It’s not that the pirates are too bad, but that it’s really a joint combat between large corps. This is a science and a great knowledge. It can command tens of thousands of people like their fingers. Such talents are talented in any era.

Don’t look at the fact that many rebels can move tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of times, but they can be defeated by hundreds or thousands of officials. This is the reason.

It’s good that on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War, the biggest advantage of the Japanese is that the more the battle is, the better they fight. The elite Kuomintang soldiers were not inferior to the opponent’s squad when they fought against the Japanese army on a small scale, and were even much stronger. However, once the battle is in full swing, they will be caught blindly.

Pirates still have a certain structure in naval battles.

Compared to this, naval battles are more of a battle between ships. It seems that there are many people, but in fact, if you look closely, it is just a small battlefield of hundreds of confrontations, forming a large battlefield.

But land warfare is completely different. There are also troops with very powerful water warfare in history. Once they get ashore, they won’t be able to do so.

And that's the case now.

It cannot be said that Xu Xichi and Xie He did not work hard in the camp. But in Qi Jiguang's view, no, in the eyes of the graduates of Datong Academy, they are full of loopholes and do not conform to the principles of military fortifications at all.

Therefore, Qi Jiguang didn't need to give special instructions. The middle and lower-level officers below saw the problem. They first used the thunder in their palms to prevent the defense from standing, and then broke into the camp so easily.

Xu Xichi was shocked, but he also had a sense of tenacity. Not only did he not retreat, he gritted his teeth and ordered each department to rush forward.

In his opinion, the government army was just a sharp firearm, and the brothers below him were fighting in the wind and rain, and they fought in the sea. He knew that these government army were the new recruits who had joined the army for less than a year.

In ancient times, training a qualified veteran was not achieved by bloody battles on the battlefield. Otherwise, it would be impossible for a few months. It would take at least one year. Hand-to-hand combat is still the most difficult subject to training.

Moreover, in Xu Xichi's opinion, Zhejiang people in Jiangnan have long been weakened by wealth and are far from being as fierce as them. The official army crossed the walls and entered the village, and the formation and other aspects became chaotic. In addition, the buildings in the village were also in a row and had no management. Therefore, a melee was destined.

He didn't believe that in such a melee, they could not defeat a group of new recruits.

I have to say that Xu Xichi’s idea is not unreasonable.

The official army rushed to several hundred households too hard, and as soon as they entered the camp, they suffered a loss.

But this did not prevent the soldiers behind them from rushing in one after another. After suffering a loss, these officials seemed to remember Qi Jiguang's teachings and began to fight steadily and advance step by step. In the battle, there were also very mature team tactics, with ten people as a team, and the team members cooperated with each other to form a situation of fighting with more and less.

This tactic is naturally not as good as the Mandarin Duck Formation. However, after strengthening the firearms, in Qi Jiguang's view, cold weapon combat has become a supplementary tactic. The scope of application is greatly reduced. It is not worth adding many unusual weapons for such a battle. It is not convenient for the unified management of the army.

Even in history, Qi Jiguang created the Mandarin Duck Formation, which is probably very likely to have no money in his hand. After all, just looking at the series of weapons of the Mandarin Duck Formation, the cost of the weapons of one team of their team is probably not as good as that of three muskets.

But now it’s different. If you have enough money, you don’t need the beggar version of the game.

Moreover, Qi Jiguang's tactical inheritance is also different. In history, Qi Jiguang's tactics of the Mandarin Duck Formation were closely related to Tang Shun's tactical thoughts. Tang Shunzhi was not only a civil servant, but also a martial artist. Of course, this does not mean that the Mandarin Duck Formation had nothing to do with Qi Jiguang. Qi Jiguang was improved by Tang Shunzhi's thoughts. Tang Shunzhi was just a prototype.

Now Qi Jiguang's combined attack tactics actually come from some routines and cooperation between middle and lower-level soldiers of the northwest border army when fighting.

Qi Jiguang extracted these routines and cooperation, and transformed them with his own martial arts experience to form this set of fighting styles, or small formations. I dare not say that they are better than the Yuanyang formation. However, there is no need to make any unusual weapons, and can be used in the army with standard weapons. This greatly reduces the requirements for hand-to-hand combat.

It is definitely enough to deal with these pirates.

So after seeing the brigade attack, Qi Jiguang said to his left and right: "You can report the victory to the Lord."

The facts were not as expected by Qi Jiguang. The teams kept their formation and advanced forward. Although there were still some pirates who were very brave and able to break through the formation, there were only a few such people. Generally speaking, they did not use force but muskets to deal with such people.

Although the musketeer stayed behind, after the army invaded, there were some attacks. Once he met these tricky figures, one of the more than a dozen musketes would gather fire. Even if he had three or five layers of armor, it would not work, because in the melee, the distance between the two sides was too close. At a distance of two or three meters, no armor could stop the musketeers. Even if the armor could block it, the person could not stop it. Even if he was not shocked to death, he would lose his ability to move for a while. There was no difference between death. The rough difference was that one died immediately and the other needed someone to finish it.

In fact, more often, such people will be killed by the hundreds of households or the general flag.

It’s not that Baihu and General Banner are very skilled in martial arts. Although generally speaking, the promotion of middle and lower-level officers depends on their combat effectiveness, they are indeed a little more powerful than ordinary soldiers. But they may not be more powerful than the brave men among the pirates. The most important thing is that they have a hand gun in their hands. This is not something that is matched by the army. Instead, they buy it themselves. The officers will only be equipped with more money.

Moreover, Qi Jiguang's request for the officers was not to rush to the front line, but to command them to maintain formation while fighting in hand-to-hand combat. Therefore, when encountering such a thing, they would fill up their positions in time.

No matter how powerful a warrior is, he will use a musket to hit his forehead. There is no one who can stop eating.

As a result, the two sides had only been stalemate for a while, and the official army suppressed the other side with an overwhelming advantage. The pirates were especially unrestrained and might be able to persist in fighting in the wind. However, many pirates could not persist in this kind of situation against the wind.

So, the great collapse began.

Xu Xichi couldn't believe what he saw. He even felt that the illusion in front of him was an illusion. They were obviously rampant in Fujian and did not dare to care about anyone. The magistrate, the prefect, and even the governor all agreed to them. It was because they recognized the weakness of the court that their courage became stronger and stronger.

Although they adhere to the principle that rabbits do not eat grass beside their nests, they did not harm their hometowns. Zhangzhou is probably the southernmost part of Fujian, but they came to the northernmost part of Fujian to rob.

Xu Xichi never thought that he would be defeated by the government army, and that he would be so fragile.

Xu Xichi was stunned and said, "This is impossible."

However, the people around him reacted faster than Xu Xichi. They hugged Xu Xichi and said, "The boss should leave quickly. If you don't leave, it will be too late." Before Xu Xichi could react, they pulled and hugged Xu Xichi and ran away.

However, the battlefield was quite chaotic, and to be honest, the Zhejiang Army was all new recruits after all. They had no experience in such a situation. Seeing the collapse of the enemy in front of them, they all happily captured the prisoners. But the problem is that those prisoners are of high value and those prisoners are of low value, and there is no concept at all.

Anyway, you will catch everyone when you see them, and every prisoner will have money.

This led to the inability to grasp the key points, Xu Xichi took his remaining troops to the dock with his remaining troops. At that time, countless people wanted to get on the boat. Xu Xichi was so fierce that he dared to take off the boat and killed him without mercy. So Xu Xichi and his people around him fought hard and finally left the camp with five ships.

At this time, Xu Xichi counted the people around him and found that when he came out, there were tens of thousands of people, but now there were only hundreds of people around him. He was sad for a moment and almost burst into tears. After all, most of his life's capital was lost.

In the future, there may be no such person as Xu Xichi in Yuegang.
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