The drums of the civil war in the Chinese army of the Ming army were beating, and in the various horizontal formations, the colonels raised their arms and shouted, and the whistles and drums came and went, and the entire Ming army began to move forward.

Almost when the Ming army front moved forward, the horn in the Jin army formation also sounded, Guo Tianchun heard the terrible horn, and then immediately grasped the hilt of the knife on his waist, pulled it out suddenly, and shouted loudly, "Feng Guard, advance." ”

The Jin army was in front of nearly 15,000 soldiers, and each battalion was spread out into a horizontal formation, and the soldiers were lined up in a line, forming a wide front, and attacking the Ming army.

The front of the Jin army was about four miles wide, with 15,000 musketeers and spearmen in front and 15,000 melee foot soldiers in the back.

After Guo Tianchun roared loudly, the Jin soldiers, who were lined up in a neat line, followed the drum beat, stepped on small steps, and walked past him. When the four platoons of soldiers overtook him, Guo Tianchun beat his horse and followed behind the fire gun line, escorting the formation to accompany him.

At this time, the Jin soldiers moved forward, and two miles away was the oncoming Ming soldiers, the Ming army's infantry formation was very dense, and there was only one fist between each soldier, almost sticking to each other to move forward.

With such a dense front, it is necessary to say that the width of the front line is not too long, but in fact, the Ming army's front has risen to seven or eight miles, which is far wider than the Jin army's front, but the two ends of the front line are not line infantry troops, but the Ming army's phalanxes, intending to defend the Jin army's cavalry from flanking the Ming formation and guarding the two wings of the front.

Guo Tianchun noticed the characteristics of the Ming army's front, the phalanxes on both flanks could be used for cover, but they could also advance and outflank them at critical times.

However, he didn't care about this, the Wu army's forces were in a weak position, and they couldn't take care of all aspects.

Those are not what he considers, all he has to do is to find the leakage of the Ming army, crush the front of the Ming army, and tear the way for the cavalry to assault the Ming army's Daxu flag.

In order to maintain the front, both the Jin army and the Ming army walked very slowly, and the soldiers on both sides felt a sense of fear in their hearts when they saw the enemy troops advancing like a wall on the opposite side.

During the exercise, the Ming army had very strict requirements, and the soldiers were not allowed to look east and west after the formation, but could only look ahead.

The soldiers in the front row could not see the figures of their comrades around them, so they seemed to be alone, facing the thousands of troops lined up in the wall, and they suddenly felt great shock and fear.

This feeling of one person against ten thousand people is as if it is going to be against everyone.

This made the soldiers have an urge to stop, or turn around and flee, but after repeated array drills of the Ming army, the musketeers have basically overcome this illusion of facing the enemy alone, and once this psychological obstacle is overcome, the stability of the Ming army's front is not comparable to ordinary people.

In the ranks of the Jin army, the soldiers in the front row looked at the oncoming red front, and naturally felt this way, but the vast majority of people did not have the courage to face thousands of people alone.

At this time, the hearts of the soldiers in the front row began to be timid, and they couldn't help but beat faster, their palms were sweaty, their lips were dry, and even their steps were a little chaotic, and they couldn't keep up with the rhythm of the drums.

Yue Wangye once said that as long as he "does not tremble and does not tremble, and spit in his mouth" when he is in battle, he is considered a good soldier.

This requirement seems simple, but in fact it is difficult, and the Jin army obviously lacks a certain amount of heat.

Guo Tianchun, who was pressing behind the front line, noticed the panic of the soldiers in the front row, and immediately shouted: "Pay attention to the drum beat and don't panic!" ”

The officers of the various fronts also scolded again and again, and the Jin sergeants, who were a little trembling in their hands and feet, were busy stepping on the drum in a panic, but fortunately, their eyes swept left and right, and they found that they were surrounded by their comrades, not facing the Ming army's front alone, and the rhythm slowly recovered.

Dang Shousu, who was located between the second and third fronts, rode slowly on his horse, and from time to time used a clairvoyant mirror to watch the front line of the Jin army, and was keenly aware of the panic of the soldiers in the front row of the Jin army.

After all, the national strength of the Jin State is limited, Wu Sangui is a Hanzhong, raising 60,000 soldiers, although there is an appropriation from the Jin Imperial Court, but it is still impossible for 60,000 people to get a good development.

Wu Sangui obviously paid more attention to his horse army, and Dang Shousu could see that the training of the Jin army's infantry army was obviously weaker than that of the Ming army.

It's no wonder that the Ming army conducts autumn drills every year, and the armies compete in martial arts, and the ammunition that is knocked out alone costs two or three hundred thousand taels.

Many of the changes in the formation, weapons, and establishment of the Ming army came from the autumn exercises.

This is tantamount to allowing the Ming army to learn through war, in addition to learning through war, to constantly fight left and right to achieve self-progress and development.

Dang Shousu put down the clairvoyant mirror and prepared to deal with the upcoming battle, and at this moment, a few cannons suddenly rang out behind the Jin army's formation, and a few shells fell on the way forward of the Ming army's front.

An iron bullet on the left side hit the Ming army's line, and three soldiers were knocked over by an iron bullet. The shells of the Jin army splashed patches of dirt on the ground, and the Ming army's front was suddenly punched out of several gaps.

The advancing Ming army did not stop, the soldiers walked past the ground stained with corpses and blood, and the soldiers in the back row immediately stepped forward to fill the gap opened by the shells.

The artillery of the Jin army was placed in the front, and as soon as the Ming army entered the firing range, it immediately opened artillery bombardment, the shells smashed on the ground, the soil was splashed everywhere, and the screams of the Ming army on the front line rang out in all directions.

At this moment, the artillery located on the two flanks of the Ming army opened fire, and several "boom boom" cannon sounded, the Ming army's six-pound field bronze cannon spewed out a stream of orange-red cannon flames, the white smoke of the large regiment rose, the cannon body retreated sharply with two rounds of gun mounts, and the iron bullets whistled and smashed into the Jin army that entered the firing range.

The good artillery of the Ming army was placed on both flanks, far away from the front of the Jin army, so after the Ming army entered the firing range of the Jin army, it was hit by two rounds of artillery before the Jin army entered the firing range of the two wing artillery teams.

Although the shells were fired late, the effect of the shelling was far better than that of the Jin army.

This is not only the reason why the artillery of the Ming army is several times that of the Jin army, but the depth of the line of the Ming army is narrow, the Jin army bombards from the front, even if it hits, it can only smash four soldiers in a row, and the Ming army puts the artillery on both wings, which is to form crossfire on the Jin army's front, and hit a diagonal line, so once it hits, it will not only hurt one or two people.

The Ming army was able to make this kind of improvement, which naturally came from the experience gained during the exercise.

At this time, the Ming army fired a round of artillery, and the gunners next to each gun quickly pushed the guns back to the gun position for the second round of reloading.

For a time, the two wings of the Ming army were filled with gunsmoke, and the Jin army was splashed with mud pillars, and black smoke rose one after another, and the golden array was pierced again and again.

Guo Tianchun saw that the front was a little chaotic, and turned his eyes to the two wings of the Ming army, and saw dozens of artillery, spewing flames at the same time, projectiles whistling, and a cannonball fell directly on his left, several Jin soldiers were smashed into the air, and the blood turned into blood mist, throwing a large area, which made the advancing Jin soldiers feel frightened and uneasy.

The screams rang out in all directions, Guo Tianchun continued to move forward with the golden array, and from time to time there were large pits smashed by cannonballs on the ground, and there were also scattered corpses of the Jin army from time to time, which made people's hearts tighten.

At this time, the front line in front of the Jin army was opened one by one, and some soldiers had just filled it, but they were soon torn apart by a cannon.

Guo Tianchun couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, if it was bombarded like this, it wouldn't be long before the Jin army would collapse, but at this moment, the two armies had already reached a distance of two hundred paces, he hurriedly shook his head to make himself sober, and then suddenly ordered: "Raise the gun, bombard!" ”

A man beside him raised his head and blew a terrible horn, and white smoke suddenly rose in the Jin army's formation, and the projectiles shot out of the gun shot out of the gun shot out, and the Ming army in the front row was punched out of a big hole in the chest, and fell to the ground in twos and threes in a row.

Dang Shousu's eyes narrowed, knowing that he was about to enter the most difficult distance, the Jin army raised his gun and fired a shot, and soon the gun would also fire, and the Ming army would brave the projectiles of the Jin army.

This will be a contest of willpower, if the Ming army advances to thirty paces and has not collapsed under the bombardment of the Jin army, then when the Ming army fires, it will inevitably be the Jin army that collapses.

"The first column holds guns in both hands, and the back row of non-commissioned officers fills the vacant positions at any time to keep the front intact! There are those who escape, and the commanders of each battalion will be killed on the spot! Seeing that the soldiers in the front row fell to the ground one after another, the Ming army's front finally fluctuated, and immediately gave the order.

"Anti-gun on the shoulder, the first column to hold the gun ready!" In the advancing Ming army, the officers shouted loudly.

The first row of soldiers of the Ming army held guns with both hands, and the guns stabbed forward obliquely, and the soldiers moved in unison, ready to shoot at any time.

The soldiers behind them put their guns on their right shoulders, and their spurs pointed at the sky, rising and falling like waves as the soldiers marched······

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