After killing nearly 1,000 bird-fired soldiers with a salvo at close range, Huang Hansheng issued the second order in time: "The first battalion and the second battalion are bayonets, and the whole battalion is attacking!" ”

The soldiers of the 1st Battalion, who had finished firing, did not reload anymore, raised their bayonets and rushed forward in great stride, rushing through the thick smoke of gunpowder to the opponent, followed by the 2nd Battalion. Instead of gunfire, shouts of killing resounded across the battlefield.

The smoke gradually dispersed, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion looked at the bright bayonets on the muzzles of the opponent's guns, and were dumbfounded, the enemy's bird soldiers actually had this kind of operation, how did they play?

Thirty paces away is just a charge, and when the bayonet "poofs" pierced into the flesh, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion reacted, it turned out that the battle had switched from hand-to-hand combat mode, the problem was that this was their absolute weakness!

The first reaction of the Shenji Battalion when they came back to their senses was to turn around and run away. Before, they ridiculed the guy in each other's hands for being a burning stick, but now in the face of a bayonet, the bird gun in their hand has really become a burning stick.

In fact, after the establishment of the Shenji Battalion in the Ming Dynasty, after more than 200 years of development, it has become a mixed combat unit with bird guns, gunners, car battalions, pikemen, and rattan players. However, after the collapse and escape of the bird gunners in front, a chain reaction was triggered, and the spearmen and rattan players in the rear also threw down their weapons and turned around and ran, completely without the will to have a long or short time with the opponent - this is also a common problem of the Ming army in the Chongzhen period, which can only fight a smooth battle, and once it encounters a setback, it is easy to be defeated.

The Shenji battalion, which was still full of momentum just now, was suddenly completely defeated, and the bird guns, gunners, and car battalions were all in chaos, no matter how Fu Ankang and the other generals pressed them, they could do nothing, and the troops of tens of thousands of people collapsed in an instant, and the birds, vans, large and small artillery, spears, and rattan cards were scattered all over the place. The Qiong Navy only dispatched two battalions—one of which was still a reserve—to defeat the "pride of heaven" in this Beijing battalion in one fell swoop.

Seeing all this, Xia Nan laughed and ordered: "The whole army advances!" ”

Nearly 10,000 troops were dispersed by the Qiong Navy like cattle and sheep, and Fu Ankang, who could not escape, was captured alive along with several henchmen. Xia Nan stepped over the scattered bird guns, bowl mouth guns, three-eyed guns, large and small Furlong machine guns, and extermination cannons, and came to Fu Ankang and said with a smile: "Your surname? We meet again. Come and don't be rude, yesterday you bombarded me with a gun, today I hit you with a gun, and everyone is even. ”

Fu Ankang barely squeezed out a smile, "Xiaguan's surname is Fu, he is the deputy general of the Shenji Battalion, and he has seen Ping Nanbo." ”

"Yo, it's quick to change your words, you didn't seem to call me that yesterday."

"This ...... Yesterday was an order, and I couldn't help myself, so please forgive me Pingnanbo. ”

Xia Nan fiddled with a weapon on the ground that looked like a gun but not a gun, and a cannon but not a cannon, and said, "Your Shenji Battalion has enough weapons, what is this called?" ”

"This is called the Little Furlong cannon, and two people can carry it to shoot the cannon, but the cannon is not much bigger than the bird's gun......"

"Hehe, it's a bird gun again, and all kinds of Furlong machines, and a bulky Hongyi cannon, by the way, it seems to be a three-eyed gun over there...... With such a variety of equipment, I am afraid that it is difficult to guarantee the logistics supply, right? It seems that Jingshi's Shenji Battalion is not much stronger than Nanjing......" Xia Nan concluded about his opponent.

Fu Ankang was unwilling to be denied like this, and whispered: "If the three-fold formation of the Shenji Battalion is perfected, it may not be able to lose ......."

Although the voice was small, Xia Nan heard it, and he asked curiously, "Triadic array?" What kind of lofty tactic is this? ”

When it came to professional issues, Fu Ankang cheered up and explained: "That is, the bird gunners are divided into three rows, the first row of bird gunners shoots, and then retreats to the back of the line to concentrate on loading ammunition; If the enemy does not retreat, the second platoon shoots again; Still not retreating, the third team keeps up, and so repeated rotation can ensure that the guns are not stopped, and no one can stop shooting! This was founded by Muying, the Marquis of Xiping, and it is called the Triassal Array. ”

Lin Weiye next to him couldn't help but interject: "Isn't this the devil's three-stage attack (Note 1)?" ”

Xia Nan asked, "What is the three-stage attack, is it powerful?" Why don't we use it? ”

"It's pretty much what he said. However, this is a tactic unique to arquebuses, and to make up for the lack of rate of fire in this way is a chicken rib for us. Even if they practice the three-fold formation perfectly, they are still not our opponents. ”

"I see." Xia Nan turned back to Fu Ankang and said, "Vice General Fu, you offended me last night and almost killed me, and today you blocked the way of my army, you should have clicked you with a knife, but you are each your master, you are just doing your duty, plus I have to do big things now, and I don't want to open the killing ring, so I won't kill you for the time being." ”

Fu Ankang was overjoyed, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Xie Ping Nanbo's grace of not killing." ”

"Come on, tie up Fu Ankang and the other captured soldiers of the Shenji Battalion, in addition, these firearms on the ground have been burned for me, and those that can't be burned will be smashed, don't leave them for the Ming army!"

After solving the Shenji Battalion, there was no obstacle on the way forward, and the south road in the summer was extremely smooth, passing through the thousand-step corridor where the six departments and other government offices were located, and going straight to Chengtianmen.

Just when the Qiong Navy was about to arrive at the Imperial City, the other two roads, the border army battle Jingying also divided the victory and defeat, Hu Dawei took the lead in defeating the five military camps and rushed to Dong'anmen; Yang Guozhu was a little slower, but it didn't take long for him to repel the Shenshu camp and go straight to Xi'an Gate.

When Xia Nan was the first to arrive at Chengtian Gate, it was already three poles in the sun. The movement of the three-way army into the city is too big, it has already alarmed the imperial court, at this time the Chengtian Gate has been closed, the city wall is full of swords and guns, such as facing the enemy, want to enter the imperial city, it is impossible for the soldiers to be bloodless, and can only attack hard.

Xia Nan ignored the defenders on the city wall, looked around with great ambition, and said to Lin Weiye: "This is Tiananmen Square in the future, and it doesn't seem to have changed much, except that the portrait of the great man in the middle has become a plaque of 'Chengtian Gate'......"

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Note 1: Actually, Lin Weiye confused the two tactics. Mu Ying's three-dan stun appeared earlier than the Japanese three-dan striking, one in the 14th century and the other in the 16th century. The Chinese version is actually called rotational shooting, substitution does not change guns, Japanese gun change does not change people, that is, the first row of the three rows is responsible for shooting, the third row is responsible for loading, the second row in the middle is responsible for handing the empty guns after shooting to the third row, and then handing the loaded guns to the first row, and so on. In addition, legend has it that the Japanese version of the three-dan shot was invented by Oda Nobunaga, but there is no historical record, and Oda Nobunaga only set a precedent for the large-scale and centralized use of muskets in Japanese history.