Chapter 273

At the foot of Sirius mountain, Qin Huan scolded sun Wang for being stupid. Instead of cavalry rushing into the array, he asked the cavalry to dismount and fight.

He once despised Hong Chengchou. When the enemy was strong and I was weak, he still let the cavalry stay aside to wait for the opportunity and didn't take the lead in rushing into the array.

Now, it's his turn to face such a choice, and he finally understands their original mentality. If they are really stupid pigs, he has to carry these two hats at the moment.

Looking at the Qin army in front of him, Qin Huan raised his mind several times and asked the cavalry to rush into the array. The infantry followed and killed each other, but he couldn't get down.

The role of these 10000 cavalry is really too great. He has deeply experienced this in the past month.

It was precisely because there were 10000 cavalry in hand that he was able to do well. Under the eyes of the two Ming armies, he still dared to attack Xiangyang and always took the initiative.

It is not cavalry but precious horses that are reluctant to give up.

Finally, King Qin could only sigh with a bitter smile. Although he was unwilling to accept it, the fact is that in this era, war horses are really more important than people.

After calculation, he would rather lose three infantry than a war horse. The infantry can make up immediately after they die. After training for two months and fighting two wars, they are veterans. But even if the war horse is being cultivated, I'm afraid it will take a year or two to add new ones.

"Order, the two infantry battalions move slowly to the left and right sides, the firearm battalion and the war battalion attack positively, the guard battalion waits for the opportunity to attack from behind, and the women's battalion attacks again after the enemy collapses."

Qin Yu took a deep breath and slowly pulled out the long knife around his waist. A series of orders were issued. It was obvious that they had cavalry, and the other party could not take the initiative to charge.

Then, the sound of war drums sounded again.

Three thousand firearm soldiers formed three long rows and slowly pressed forward, followed by three thousand soldiers.

Five thousand infantry moved slowly from left to right, ready to encircle from the flank.

The Qin army also waved the flag, and the five thousand troops at the front also launched an attack. The ten thousand troops at the back did not move, but all the 100 artillery were deployed at the back.

"Dong Dong Dong..."

"Go!"

"Kill!"

Less than a moment later, more than 10000 people in the front attack were no more than 100 meters apart. At this time, the war drums of the Qin army sounded violently again, and 5000 people immediately changed from walking to trotting.

Five thousand people are like five arrows. Fifteen people are a unit. The first one is one, the last two are two, and then three are increasing in turn and staggered from each other.

Although it was much worse than when the Qi family army charged, at least they were not mixed together. Generally speaking, the mandarin duck arrays could be distinguished like curved wooden strips.

King Qin also recited Qi Shaobao's war book. I know that it is based on the mandarin duck array, which is composed of five Sancai small arrays, which are specially used for battlefield killing.

Bang Bang

Bursts of pea like gunfire rang out. I saw the three rows of young firespear soldiers in front of me shooting quickly and alternately. In a few seconds, 3000 iron pills were shot out, and then quickly pulled out their short swords and inserted them into the muzzle of the gun.

"Kill!"

As soon as the gunfire stopped and the smoke had not dissipated, the three thousand soldiers in the back rushed up from the gap of the fire gun soldiers.

Three rounds of platoon only knocked down more than 300 Qin troops, because the 5000 people of the Qin army were evenly distributed, unlike other Ming army people.

Because the effective lethality of the bird system is only about 80 steps. In order to kill the other party to the greatest extent, it is even closer to 50 steps before shooting. Therefore, after three rounds of firing, the five mandarin duck arrays rushed to the front, only more than ten steps away from the fire gun soldiers, and immediately collided with the soldiers who rushed up.

The Qin army is headed by one with a big shield, one with a rattan shield and one step backward, followed by two people, one left and one right with a wolf, then four long gunmen, four knife shield players, and finally two archers and a captain.

Compared with Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck array, it was slightly different, but it was basically the same. After the two men and horses took over the array, the two archers behind threw arrow rain, and the four swordsmen and shields pulled out their hatchets pinned to their waists and threw them out.

For a time, screams continued, and many soldiers were recruited. They were hit by hatchets in the face, but few were killed by bows and arrows, because the Chinese troops were wearing helmets.

The soldiers of the Chinese army are all big men, wearing cotton armour. Some are armed with maces, some with big iron forks, some with knives and shields, and some with long guns.

But those who were killed retreated frequently, because the mandarin duck array of the Qin army had a big shield in the middle and wolves on both sides, so they couldn't get close at all.

If the Qin army hadn't cooperated skillfully, some of the two mandarin duck arrays in the back didn't catch up in time, while others were the same as those in the front. It's impossible to say that three thousand soldiers would have been killed and defeated.

When the young firemen behind rushed up, the situation immediately reversed.

Because each of the young soldiers was equipped with two firecrackers, when they rushed behind the soldiers, they stopped to light the firecrackers, threw them forward desperately, and then rushed with a gun.

An explosion resounded through the battlefield and blew the immature mandarin duck array into chaos. The soldiers took the opportunity to finally rush up, and the two sides were completely hanged together.

When the commanders of both sides saw this scene, their eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. Sun chuanting immediately felt that the hatchet would not be equipped in the future, but would be better equipped with firecrackers.

Qin Huan thought that the soldiers could not fight alone in the future, and the bird gun was out of date. The troops with cold weapons and hot weapons should be equipped with short guns to launch shotguns. The pure hot weapons troops should be equipped with long guns and can no longer mix with infantry soldiers.

Fortunately, the training time of sun chuanting's 20000 Qin troops is still short, otherwise his 3000 War soldiers and 3000 fire gun soldiers will definitely not be able to beat the 5000 Qin troops.

Now both sides are in a state of anxiety.

After being dispersed, the mandarin duck arrays did not become three or four people like the Qi family army, but completely fought their own battles.

Obviously, the psychological quality of soldiers is not up to standard.

"Commander, the two squares of the thief army are pressing down from the flank."

"The governor saw it."

Sun chuanting waved his hand.

But he sighed helplessly in his heart. He knew that they had no chance. They didn't defeat the 5000 troops of the other side in time on the front. This war was doomed that they had no hope of winning.

But even though he knew he was defeated, he could only fight to the end. Immediately, he ordered the four thousand troops of the left and right square arrays to turn around to meet the two infantry battalions of the Chinese army.

Suddenly, the shouts of killing and war drums became fierce again, and 9000 people and horses from both sides were killed again.

Compared with the frontal scuffle, the battlefields on the left and right sides are much better. The infantry of the Chinese Army take Wu as the unit, and three Wu or even four Wu besiege a mandarin duck array. What killed the four thousand Qin army is to retreat step by step, but they can barely keep the formation in order, which did not evolve into collapse.

There's no way. The mandarin duck array is really awesome. It can be said to be impeccable in cold weapon combat.

However, the requirements for soldiers are too high. If you want to achieve perfect cooperation, you need to train for at least one or two years. On the contrary, the Chinese army has a tacit understanding.

That's why Qin Huan didn't rush into the mandarin duck array. He didn't want to, but didn't have time.

The opposite battlefield fell into a stalemate, and the left and right flanks failed to fight again. Sun chuanting, who was still holding 6000 troops and horses in his hands, looked at the cavalry who had not moved after the formation. I really wanted to scold. How can we fight this battle?