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Chapter 1012: Trapped Beasts

Three watchtowers, high lookouts, plus rangers moving around, on such a flat terrain, there are almost no dead ends around the Eastern Expeditionary Army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The enemy began to push the carts forward, the artillery began to bombard, and the lookout posts on the watchtowers, although they knew that they were responsible, were attracted by the situation on the battlefield.

The foot soldiers below look at the battlefield, but it is full of gunsmoke, and they have to be careful, but they are condescending on the watchtower, and it looks like a different feeling, there is nothing to worry about, and it is their own side that has the upper hand, which is really a hundred times more exciting than the big drama in the theater.

The condescending things are much more comprehensive, the distance between the two sides is not far, and you can clearly see the state of the cavalry on both wings, and when you see that there are donkeys and oxen inside, the lookout post knows that something is wrong.

Beyond the border wall are the ancient tribes of the Gate and the Jurchen villages, where there is no shortage of cattle and horses, but there are few donkeys, because this kind of livestock with insufficient animal power is not worth using.

Although it is wartime at the moment, the Jianzhou army is not so nervous that even cattle and donkeys are requisitioned, this thing has no role on the battlefield, and it can't rush at all, which must be strange, and the lookout post immediately passed the news to Wang Tong's side.

Speaking of which, Wang Tong discovered the anomaly earlier than the people above, but the situation found by the watchtower on the left side of the army was the most important

"Marshal, the enemy has at least four thousand horsemen, and is rapidly approaching the left flank of our army!"

After the cavalry reported it, the people around Wang Tong became nervous, and Wang Tong also looked dazed, but immediately showed a smile and said:

"This is the key point that the enemy has arranged, and it is finally revealed!"

The current trend on the battlefield is of course the slaughter of artillery on one side, but in fact there is no damage to the opponent's own formation, and it has restrained the infantry of the four regiments of the Huwei Army, and more than half of the firecrackers are still in the rear to recuperate.

People are accustomed to using the right hand, and a series of habits brought about by this make the right wing of the team a relatively solid and stable place, and it is the initiation of all actions, whether it is the East or the West, the generals command the battle is not in the middle of the army, they are all on the right or even the right end, and the artillery positions are also arranged on the right side.

This terrain is already about to enter the mountains, and although the surrounding area is flat, there are also hills and hills, which can shelter the cavalry's movements.

It is a good strategy to attract a large army with foot soldiers and seemingly bluffing carts, and to attack them by surprise with cavalry detours to the left flank.

"No wonder the thief chief can make such a career, he does have his ability, but he was born at the wrong time!"

Wang Tong said a word, and then ordered:

"The four regiments in the front line are thirty steps forward, all the cavalry must not move recklessly, escort the artillery array and the left flank of the army, Li Hutou stays here to command, the commander goes to the left flank to engage the battle, and Zhang Wu follows with five three-pound cannons!"

His words contained many orders, and the heralds understood them separately and hurried over on horseback to give the orders, while Wang Tong rode his horse and his guards to the left flank.

The cavalry of the Jianzhou army had already appeared on the left flank of the army, and they detoured back to this position, and they could not directly charge while running, they had to form a team.

"The third regiment and the fifth regiment will arrange a horizontal formation to the left, and the reserve firecrackers in the front line will go to the front of the right flank to line up!"

Wang Tong rode on the horse and gave a loud order, the sound of drums and trumpets immediately followed, the third regiment and the fifth regiment in the rear team were just simple adjustments to the direction, and did not need much change in the queue, the only thing that needed to be adjusted on a large scale was the firecrackers, and now there were more than 2,000 firecrackers on the left flank of the army.

The queue exercise was carried out every day, with the generals as the reference point and the non-commissioned officers as the line, and the formation was quickly determined, and all the soldiers had to do was to fill in this surface.

"Two battalions of spearmen of the 3rd Regiment were dispatched to half-crouch in front of the musket-firing queue to resist the horses!!"

Wang Tong gave another order, and this order made the array a little chaotic, but the composition of the veterans of the third regiment was very high, and the action was not chaotic.

This side is lined up, and the cavalry of the Jianzhou Army also knows that the enemy's position has not stabilized, and they must seize the time to attack, otherwise it will be a big trouble.

The spearmen were still running to the front, the cavalry of the Jianzhou army had already moved, and Wang Tong shouted loudly to Li Tao:

"Completely defeat the enemy cavalry with firearms, and spearmen respond!"

Li Tao agreed loudly, the firecracker ranks were about to take shape, and the orders of the generals and non-commissioned officers came and went, but the howls of the Jurchens on the opposite side were even louder, and they didn't care about any horsepower, and they didn't care if the mounts could withstand it, desperately whipping and driving the horses with spurs.

The firecrackers in the first row could even see the Jianzhou Jurchen cavalry mounts with blood on their abdomen, which was all caused by the knocking of the spurs, and the mounts were in pain, and each hiss ran wildly.

As they got closer, the officers and non-commissioned officers in the musket queue calmed down, and the next thing to do was to shoot when the enemy came into range.

The mood of the musketeers was actually calmer than in the previous battles, because there were two columns of half-kneeling and half-crouching spearmen in front of them to cover them, and they shot more calmly.

"Great commander, the Tartar foot soldiers facing each other have begun to charge!"

The news on the watchtower had to be passed on to Wang Tong at any time.

There were only a few oars left in front of the army, and the people pushing behind were gone, and the artillery stopped roaring for the time being.

This time, it was the residents of the Jurchen village who gave the Jianzhou army the front, and the bombardment of the artillery and the death and injury of their companions had already frightened them, and no one dared to continue to move forward, but although there were not many cavalry in the Jianzhou army's own formation, it was enough to collect and take care of these cannon fodder.

The Jianzhou soldiers also knew the news that their cavalry appeared on the flank, whether it was the front or the left flank, if they wanted to have an effect on the attack of the Ming army, they must move forward bravely, as long as one side can contain it, the greater the chance of the other side.

The frightened folk were driven out again, and they had oak poles in their hands, one end sharpened, which might have been roasted on the fire or stained in dung, and this thing looked at the compendium, and if it really pierced it, it would be death.

The drums were beating, the shouting and shouting were even from such a distance, the array of the Huwei army could be heard, Li Hutou still rearranged the firecrackers on both sides of the queue in the front line, since the enemy did not have a rook as a cover, the killing and damage of the firecrackers would definitely be very effective.

However, more than half of the musketeers were transferred to the left flank, and the front was a little thin, but it was enough, and there was artillery.

"Artillery does not have to rush to open fire, wait for the enemy to cross the center line and then fire, so that the effective damage will be greater!"

Li Hutou opened his mouth and said, the artillerymen under the banner immediately went back to arrange, the artillery had stopped for a while, after the artillerymen finished loading, they wiped the gun body with a cloth soaked in cold water, although the quality of the artillery cast by Sanjiang Workshop with Western method is good, but it is also a few shots after the cannon chamber is hot, and you should leave as much margin as possible for yourself on the battlefield, so as soon as you have time, you will manually cool down the gun body, and adjust it as much as possible.

The foot soldiers of the Jianzhou Army rushed forward in a noisy, their number may not be much more than the four regiments in front of them, but it seems to be several times more, because the queue of the Huwei Army is strict, and they can't talk about any queue.

But Li Hutou will not take it lightly, the erected watchtower can see too much information that cannot be observed on the flat ground, for example, it has been reported to him, compared to the scattered things he sees, the second half of this army is much more strict and thick, and the Jianzhou army plans very well.

However, such an intention is really not worth mentioning in the face of artillery, the infantry array of the Jianzhou army was launched earlier than the cavalry on the left flank, and when they crossed the middle line, the cavalry on that side had just started.

Crossing the middle line, it was also the signal for the artillery to fire, and the three-catty guns and six-catty guns that stayed here came with a salvo, and the cannonballs whistled and smashed over, first there was no flesh and blood on the flight path to stop the high-speed flying metal balls, and then the cannonballs landed, and the solid ground made the cannonballs bounce again, and the momentum did not weaken much and flew in the crowd, and the bloody roads were waded out, but the queue was still walking forward.

The pace of the infantry of the Jianzhou army has even accelerated, they have also seen the sharpness of the artillery of the Ming army, in their hearts, as long as they run over this distance and rush close to the opponent's array, the artillery will definitely stop firing, and the enemy's infantry is also very strong, but at this time, after all, it is a face-to-face fight, and there is no need to endure this hellish scene on the road.

The sound of artillery is non-stop, and the Jianzhou Army can't spread too far in formation in order to let the cannon fodder stand in front, but such a dense formation can make the artillery cause greater damage.

The people who rushed in front were already uncontrollable, they couldn't go backwards, they could go to both sides, they could run as far as they could, and they might die halfway, but now this situation is really unbearable

The collapse of the cannon fodder in front of them made the Jianzhou Army team that followed the queue even faster, they were fighting to the death, morale was still high, and they also knew that the longer they persisted, the greater the chance of victory.

The sound of artillery finally stopped, and the foot soldiers of the Jianzhou Army, who were running desperately there, even slowed down all of a sudden, and the disappearance of the thunderous shelling made everyone unconsciously loosen, and hand-to-hand combat was just around the corner.

They were within range of the firearms, which were not as thunderous as the artillery, but they were just as capable of killing.