Can you live if you win, but you will die if you lose?

Nearly 4,000 Hu people are not from the same tribe, and they are not even the same ethnic group. Among them, there are Huns from Junji Mountain, Rong people from the original Hetao, and many grassland people who don't even know which nationality they are. Some have been captured recently, some have been captured for a while, and the longer they have been captive, the less ferocious they have, but the group of people who have just been captured are still a little eager to try.

The phonetic system on the grassland is not single, just as there will be so many dialects in the same Chinese land, in fact, the languages on the grassland are also divided into many kinds, and many people are shouting, they are gathering people with the same language system.

Wehrmacht drove horse-drawn wagons loaded with captured weapons, mostly swords and spears. These bronze weapons were originally collected after the defeat of the Hu people, and they were planned to be transported back to the rear to be melted, or to make some bronze weapons, or simply melted and turned into copper coins.

"Bow and arrows?"

"The Hu people are good at shooting, we are going to test firearms, and the Hu people who don't have bows and arrows can't test anything."

"The casualties ......"

"Don't have too many of them, allow them to deploy five hundred archers."

"No!"

The Wehrmacht again drove the wagon, this time with a horned bow and a number of arrows of different qualities.

The Hu people did not have smelting skills, and their arrows and arrowheads were generally bone, or simply sharpened wood itself. To tell the truth, the arrows of the Hu people are not very lethal to people wearing armor, unlike the arrows on the side of the Imperial Army, which are all metal structures, and the three-edged arrowheads themselves also have the function of armor-piercing.

The firearms men were also busy, and they were in a team of fifty people, constantly lining up at the sound of the officer's command, and one after another horizontal row of fifty people stood straight. Then another team of fifty people was stacked on top of each other, forming a kind of array of five rows of fifty people in front of the front and back.

If you look down from a bird's-eye view, the firearms platoon is followed by a horizontal array, each with 250 men, and these 250 men form a long military formation. And then. One after another, two hundred and fifty people formed a military formation, and they were arranged in a large area to form a large fan-shaped formation.

There was no artillery in the fan-shaped array, and there were only 3,500 flintlock musketeers participating in the battle, who had already lined up their formation.

The concept of the Chinese army fighting in formation has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and the cold weapon era is full of every war, and they will arrange the formation to adapt to the formation in different terrains, whether it is attack or defense, it can be said that the entire history of cold weapon warfare in China is the performance history of various military formations.

Throughout any recorded war, as long as the military formation did not collapse. There will be no winner in a war, and the first side to collapse means defeat.

From the general of the Chinese army to the ordinary soldiers, everyone knows the significance of the existence of the military formation, and in their usual exercises, the most practiced is not the personal fighting skills, but the drill of the military formation, relying on the drills again and again to form the run-in and cooperation of the military formation.

Firearms are also the Chinese army. The First School of Firearms is one of only two schools in the Empire today. The empire now has an army of more than 3 million, but only 10,000 armed with firearms. The First Colonel was half the size of the Imperial Firearms Corps, and although this time it was against a group of rearmed prisoners of war, they still did their best in accordance with the drill regulations.

"What happened to the captives? As long as those Hu people pick up their weapons again, then they are enemies. It is our duty to kill our enemies, no matter how they came to be. ”

"So, wait a minute, listen to the password. If you make a mistake on such an occasion, you don't need to be dealt with by military law, and you get out of the musketeer unit yourself! ”

"All you have to do is keep an eye on them, take the order and shoot them!"

A number of marquis walked up and down in the formation, shouting loudly to the soldiers. It can be an encouragement, it can be a threat, and the only thing that can do it is to make the soldiers obey, obey, obey again!

After the firearms were arrayed, the cavalry that should have been arranged on the left and right flanks did not join, and the melee auxiliary units that should exist in the firearms array did not appear.

"In the face of a group of loose prisoners of war, if you can't even take this level of war......" Yu Fanjun actually felt very boring, and said in a low voice: "It's just a deal to deal with, it is estimated that those people in the Wehrmacht feel meaningless, but they just need to make a gesture for people to see." ”

What Yu Fanjun meant was that the emperor attached great importance to firearms, and some generals and colonels of the Wehrmacht did so in order to give an account to the emperor. He thought that there was no point in doing so, and that it would be better to take the prisoners back, whether to kill them or to be used as slaves, which was more valuable than this show.

The Hu people who were arranged to be the opponents of the firearms soldiers had been armed, and there were people in the crowd constantly shouting something, and nearly 4,000 Hu people were divided into three groups to form three chaotic piles of people.

"There are only more than 800 people who are the Huns in Junji Mountain, the Hu people of about 2,000 people are Zahu, and the other group of nearly 1,000 people are Rong people."

"The Huns in Junji Mountain are still a little fierce, and the Rong people in the other two Hu people have also shown some aggression, and the largest number of Zahu people have shrunk back before they start fighting."

Looking at the facts, the Hu people's side is indeed chaotic, not only is there no formation at all, but the desire to attack ~ is also completely different.

"Hu people with war horses and Hu people without war horses are two kinds of Hu people."

"So, aren't we only going to send out three thousand five hundred flintlock musketeers?"

"Our people moved first."

"Then look at it."

The Hu people didn't move, and the firearms soldiers seemed to be waiting a little impatiently and moved first.

The firearms were moving forward in the queues on the left and right sides of the fan, they were marching forward to the rhythmic beat of drums, and the flintlock array in the middle of the fanning array was staying in place.

The sound of war drums accompanied by the footsteps of the soldiers, the uniform scene made people look very threatening, and they would shout "Drink!" together every time they took a step forward, they would shout "Drink!" together. The slogan makes people feel even more nervous.

The army fights at the level of morale, and the side with high morale not only has an advantage in its heart, but can also further suppress the momentum of the enemy army. Make the enemy afraid before fighting.

If an army is cowardly, then anything can be done, just like now, with the flintlock pikemen on the left and right flanks approaching, the formation of the firearms on the Empire's side has changed from a fan shape to a glaive, and seeing that the flintlock pikemen on the left and right flanks continue to approach, a semi-encirclement will be formed. Hu Ren's side also began to move.

Among the Hu people, the Huns and the Rong people in the Junji Mountain Division seemed to have finished communication, and they circled slightly from the left and right, and then rushed up to the left and right flanks of the firearms soldiers with shouts.

The war drums on the firearms sidelined paused, replaced by the trivial sound of a drum kit, and the officers shouted some orders.

The firearms men who were marching on foot stopped, and they kept walking in place, and then stopped at the same time.

"Array line ready!"

"Prepare for a two-column line rotation shot!"

Isn't the array line a straight horizontal queue, so that the spearmen in the first row have enough range of fire. There is nothing complicated about the rotation of the second line, it is the first row in front of the front to kneel on one knee and raise the gun into the state of ready to fire. The gunners in the second row stood up straight and also raised their guns into a state of readiness.

The Hu people in the charge saw their opponents stop, and some Hu people who looked fierce and seemed to be temporary commanders also stopped as they shouted.

"Those imperial troops on the other side have never seen it, and the guys on their hands have never seen it, who knows what it is?"

"Much like a stick? It's just that what are they doing with sticks? ”

"It's strange, usually when we get close to two hundred paces, the Imperial Army should cover with crossbow arrows, but this time we have come close to one hundred and ninety paces, and the other party has not shot crossbow arrows yet?"

"Let's see what will happen to those Huns who rush up. We'll decide if we want to rush forward or not. ”

That's right, the Rong people of about a thousand people stopped. The Huns on the other side were still shouting and rushing forward.

The Huns had already rushed to a position about 200 meters away from the firearms, and they did not have any intention of slowing down, but instead increased the speed of their legs, and then scattered arrows also shot from their side to the firearms.

The range of the horn bow is about 150 meters, and if it is equipped with a metal arrow, it can be lethal at 100 meters, but it is not strong. Arrows without metal arrowheads. The best killing distance from the horn bow is about 30 meters, and if it is far away, unless it is a shot in the eye or other vital point, it will cause damage without fatal effect.

Sporadic arrows are not intended to cause much success, and the Hu people often use this method to panic the target of the war, which is a psychological oppression tactic.

"No arrow coverage?"

"Yes. No arrow array cover! ”

The Huns were actually wondering what the sticks were in the hands of the Imperial Army, and they were even more puzzled as to why the Imperial Army did not shoot crossbow arrows to cover the sky as usual.

"Those unscrupulous Rong people have stopped!"

"Only if we rush forward, even if we win, we will only destroy one of the enemy's flanks, and it will not help the whole situation of the battle."

"Let's not stop, rush up and test it first, no matter what the battle situation is, we will immediately break away and retreat!"

Facts have proved that the rise of the Huns was not without reason, they were full of barbarism in their bones and had a fighting spirit. And other ethnic groups on the grassland, such as the Rong people or the Di people, have long since lost the courage and courage of their ancestors.

On the array line of the firearms unit, the officer in charge of observing the distance between the enemy troops was already counting.

"One hundred and eighty meters!"

"One hundred and seventy meters!"

"--Attention Front Row!"

"One hundred and sixty meters!"

"--Raise your gun, aim!"

"One hundred and fifty meters!"

The Huns were still rushing forward, and when they approached a hundred and fifty meters, they were already shooting arrows, and this time it was not sporadic arrows at the firearmsmen, but about 200 or so archers.

Some of the firearms men wore leather armor, and the key units in leather armor were inlaid with metal plates, and they also wore leather helmets on their heads, which were pulled down to cover their faces.

"The strength of the Hu people's horn bow is not good, you just need to be careful not to be shot in the eye."

The arrows shot by the Hu people from one hundred and twenty or thirty meters were the arrows that hit the firearms soldiers in the long formation, but the fact is just as the imperial officers said, the range of the horn bow is originally short, and the Hu people are equipped with arrows without metal arrows, and the arrows shot by the horn bow will be a little floating if they exceed eighty meters, as long as they pay a little attention, it is easy to block the arrows they shoot, even if they are shot, the arrows shot by the Hu people are at most touching the armor, and they cannot break the leather armor, let alone cause any damage.

Liu Bang, Cao Shen, Han Xin, Yu Fanjun, and many others watched from the side of the battlefield, and they talked while watching.

“…… During the internal exercise, the firearms will be shot by the crossbow at a distance of 450 meters, and the distance of more than 300 meters will be covered by the arrow array fired by the crossbowmen, and when they are close to 150 meters, they will be diffused by the archers, so many people think that as long as the distance of the muskets does not exceed 300 meters, the role of the musketeers will not be great. ”

"Well, the flintlock pistol has a range of about one hundred and seventy meters at most, and compared to the bow and crossbow, it can guarantee some hits, and the flintlock pistol has no accuracy at all. This is also the most criticized place. ”

"Many generals thought that flintlock muskezeers did not need to exist, but that artillery should be increased, increased, and increased. The maximum firing range of the artillery can reach more than 800 meters, and because of the 'lookout mountain' and the scale gauge, the hit rate can also be maintained at about 5 percent. In fact, the most important thing is the firing range of artillery, and the covering fire of many artillery pieces can also destroy the enemy's will to fight. In addition, all the generals agreed that the appearance of artillery would render the walls worthless. ”

Liu Bang didn't understand the conversation between Han Xin and Cao Shen so well, and when he heard the topic of the city wall later, he was a little stunned, and thought: "No wonder, I said how could the central center no longer approve the construction of city walls in various counties!" ”

On the other side, the Hu people had already charged to a position less than eighty meters away from the firearms soldiers, and the arrows fired by the Hu people had already begun to cause damage to the firearms soldiers.

"Seventy meters!"

"- First Array, Shoot!"

There was a "crackling" sound like fried beans, and the kneeling flintlock musketeers pulled the trigger, and puffs of smoke rose from the scene of their shooting, followed by a second row of standing flintlock musketeers.

The musketeers who finished shooting in the kneeling position did not move, nor did the musketeers who finished shooting in the second row, and the array behind them would take their place forward, and then the soldiers who were loaded with lead bullets were busy, loaded their ammunition and fired forward, and so on in an infinite loop to take over the shots, rolling and moving forward...... (To be continued.) )