With Zhu Dadian's order, dozens of wrestlers on the side of Shuai Qi struggled to beat dozens of war drums. With the sound of "rumbling" war drums, the Ming army officially pressed forward and began to prepare for battle.

Qiu Lei's Chinese army was at the forefront, and the general soldier Yang Yufan led the Ming army on the left flank. The Liaodong Army on the right flank is a little behind, as the main force of today's attack, the Liaodong Army is deep in the essence of accumulating strength and striking after attacking!

The Liaodong Army also changed its position during the last Battle of Shahe, placing the infantry at the front and the cavalry at the back, which also returned to the conventional tactics of the army in battle.

And seeing the pressure of the Ming army, the rebels were not to be outdone and pressed forward. As the queues of the two sides got closer and closer, the atmosphere on the entire battlefield seemed to be about to freeze.

When the queue of the two fronts approached a distance of about 100 paces, and it was not known who fired the first arrow and the first firebolt, the ranged weapons of both sides scrambled to fire.

A large number of arrows flew as if to block out the sun, making the soldiers on both sides feel as if they had come to the twilight of the end. And the sound of firecrackers came and went, just like midnight on Chinese New Year's Eve, as if the never-ending sound of firecrackers was ushered in.

The sound of the firing continued for a long time, which made some of the coalition military attaches unable to sit still. They jumped off their horses, climbed the watchtower, and looked at the battlefield in the distance with Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing.

"!" A military attache couldn't help but scold.

At this time, the entire battlefield was filled with gunpowder smoke after the gunpowder was fired, and the entire battlefield was soon shrouded in smoke.

These military attachés were not unexperienced in battles with artillery and firearms, but they were the first to see the large-scale use of thermal weapons. This change from quantitative to qualitative made these military attachés, who were accustomed to seeing cold weapon combat, feel the horror and power of hot weapon combat for the first time. This also gave them a great shock.

"It's good that we didn't become pioneers again!" A military attache muttered rejoicing. His words also spoke the hearts of these coalition military attachés. In such a firearm shooting, the bravery of the individual must be insignificant.

Wu Shigong also looked at the battlefield blankly. But at this time, he couldn't see the situation on the battlefield clearly. Wu Shigong didn't know that this was the narrow interpretation of Clausewitz's "fog on the battlefield."

Wu Shigong's heart was actually bursting with foul language. All this in front of him completely jumped out of Wu Shigong's common sense, and it was completely the era of foreign guns and cannons. Wu Shigong suddenly felt a little in a trance, and he even wondered if he had traveled to the battlefield of the Napoleonic era in Europe again?

Who said that after China invented gunpowder, it would only make firecrackers. Not used on weapons? Who said that ancient Chinese firearms lagged behind Western ones? Who abandoned such a sharp firearm and caused China to fall into a century-old national humiliation after the Opium War? Wu Shigong was eager to travel back to the modern era and slap the experts who held these views back and forth.

Wu Shigong also had some unreal feelings in his heart. But Wu Shigong was not mistaken. What he saw was the most high-tech war in the entire shijie at that time. Not one of them. And including the entire Western shijie. And the Western shijie was only in the seventeenth and eighth centuries. It was only in war that firearms were used to this extent.

As for the weishenme in the XIX century. China will lag so far behind in the use of firearms. The reason for that is briefly described by the author in the previous article, but this is not the focus of this article. Therefore, there is no further talk.

On both sides of the battle of Laizhou, the Ming army was dominated by the Liaodong Army and the Jingying Army. We already know that the starting point of the Liaodong Army is Li Chengliang's Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and the iconic weapon of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry is the Three-Eyed Fire Gun. So how can they not be proficient in the use of firearms?

And in the camp. It is also dominated by the Shenji Battalion. The Shenji Battalion was established by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. After nearly 300 years of exploration and the sons of the officers and men of the Shenji Battalion inheriting their father's business, it can be said that they are very handy in the use of firearms. Of course, the soldiers of the Beijing camp are pampered because they have been in the capital. The will to fight is not very high, but how can this army that defends the emperor not have the most haode equipment? Therefore, Jingying can also be called a strong army.

As for Kong Youde's rebels, they were also from Dongjiang Town, Liaodong, and they were also equipped and trained by firearms expert Sun Yuanhua. Therefore, it can be said that the use of firearms tactics and the level of understanding of firearms are the highest in this battlefield.

It can be seen that in addition to the Ming army on three sides, the strongest army of the Ming Dynasty at that time had already gathered in the Battle of Huangxian. Although they have not yet created the same tactics as the "Spanish phalanx" in the West, they still show a high level of tactics in battle.

But we can also see that in the original history, in addition to unexpected surrenders, these elite Ming troops were successively defeated and defeated by the Houjin army, which was dominated by cold weapons. Therefore, we must also deeply understand this: in the battle at that time, it was the cavalry or the cavalry who dominated the victory and defeat.

It can be said that with the same level of training, if in the field, facing a Spanish phalanx infantry armed with guns and spears, and the same number of cavalry equipped with cold weapons, they can play life as well as death.

Therefore, in many literary works, the protagonist who travels to the past just practices the formation and builds firearms, and wants to be a "bulldozer" in the late Ming Dynasty? That's all dreaming.

And seeing this war scene, Wu Shigong's dream of firearms, which he had relied on, also collapsed a little. But after a short period of distraction, Wu Shigong's bachelor's heart played a role again.

"Since the jishu of firearms is not very ahead, then use the number to make up for it; Since the number of soldiers is too small, then go and expand desperately; Since the cost of raising soldiers is not enough, then squeeze out every penny of your own money. Anyway, since we have come to this point, let's move forward again with blood flowing, and desperately break a way out. At this moment, Wu Shigong was determined to completely turn the Runing Battalion into a war machine in a state of full mobilization and combat readiness.

At this time, the battlefield was still covered in smoke, and the sound of fire guns was still coming and going. Wu Shigong: Of course, they can't see the situation on the battlefield clearly. I only heard a burst of shouting and killing from time to time on the battlefield, and it was estimated that the troops of both sides were relying on the cover of smoke and approaching the enemy for hand-to-hand combat.

Of course, the cavalry who delivered the news still shuttled back and forth to Zhu Dadian and Gao Qiqian, delivering news on the battlefield to them. And the troops in the rear row of the Ming army were constantly transferred, and even the Liaodong Army rushed into the smoke and entered the battle.

Suddenly, Liu Zeqing pointed ahead and said to Wu Shigong: "This group of eight kings and eight lambs have all treated us as thieves to guard against us." ”

Wu Shigong looked in the direction pointed by Liu Zeqing, and saw that although all the Ming armies were moving forward, the first Qiu Lei and the first part of the Liaodong Army of the Chinese army were still standing motionless, and the two troops left behind blocked the direction of the coalition army, and it seemed that they didn't even want to leave a bowl of soup for the coalition army.

"!" "! ”…… The military attachés of the coalition forces were shouting and scolding.

"Anyway, it seems that this battle will not be fought for a short time. But with their precautions, we don't have to worry about a sneak attack. Let's let our soldiers rest first. Wu Shigong reluctantly proposed. This proposal is really helpless, not necessarily at this time, the coalition forces and the Ming army blocking their way will be engaged in a firefight?

Liu Zeqing also nodded helplessly, and then ordered: "The whole army dismounts and rests." Feed the horses well and be ready to go up to fight at any time. ”

Like waves, the sound of firecrackers was wave after wave. There is always a time when the smoke on the battlefield never goes away. It wasn't until nearly two hours of the battle that the two sides were tired of soldiers and horses that they withdrew separately in the sound of gold, ending the first round of fighting.

The whole morning completely turned into a stalemate. Both sides suffered more than 1,000 casualties each. Therefore, it can also be said that in the process of head-to-head fire, the casualties of the army are not too large, and the losses of the defeated army are often caused when they are covered up by the opponent when they flee.

But such a hard battle still poured a basin of ice water on the head of the Ming army, who thought they could win easily.

At this time, Wu Shigong, the military attache of the coalition army, was no longer standing on the watchtower, and he could not see the situation on the battlefield clearly, and it was not of much sense to stand like this again. Wu Shigong rode to the forefront of the coalition array to inspect and ensure that his coalition forces remained in combat condition.

At this moment, a group of Qiu Lei's Ming troops retreated behind their array. It seems that they are the troops who rushed to the front line just now, many of them are wounded, and the most terrible thing is that their mental state is not very good. Walking and sitting is like a bunch of walking dead.

"Ugh! Why do these little cubs look like this? A coalition commander sneered on the side.

"Shut up!" Wu Shigong turned his head and shouted to stop the words of the thousand president. No matter how you don't deal with it, it's also your own friendly army. It's better to say less of such a stimulating word. Besides, maybe my army will look like this when it comes back from the battlefield!

Wu Shigong grabbed one of the military attaches of the Ming army and asked softly, "Is there anything I can do to help?" This official has some medicinal herbs here, and a few Langzhong, did you call them over? ”

"Thank you, sir!" The military attache immediately saluted and thanked Wu Shigong.

After a while, Zhizhi, who received the notification, came ......over with dozens of medical soldiers from the Runing Battalion carrying medicinal herbs.

Wu Shigong took a deep breath of the smell of gunpowder in the air, and whispered to himself: "This is war!" (To be continued......)