Under the command of Pang Zijin, all the cavalrymen of the Yongwei Camp picked up bows and arrows and flew kites around the Shun army infantry phalanx.
This tactic is invincible against infantry phalanxes without heavy firearms!
Because cavalry are always moving at high speed, their archery hit rate will be very low when facing scattered enemies, but they don't have to worry about the hit rate when facing infantry phalanxes.
As long as it is shot into the crowd, it can cause casualties.
Secondly, the more people there are in the infantry phalanx, the slower the turning speed will be.
When the infantry in front discovered that the enemy cavalry appeared from the east, by the time the others turned around, the cavalry had already fired their arrows and left. The next time they appeared, they might appear to the south of the infantry or to the north.
Unless there are more than 500 people on each side of the infantry phalanx, they will be at a disadvantage in every shootout.
The Ming army did not only use bows and arrows on the battlefield, they also used bird guns, hand guns, and even Portuguese guns to attack!
Pang Zijin led 500 cavalrymen to fight back and forth on the battlefield. After the second charge, he found that a cavalry of thousands of people appeared behind the Shun army.
There is no need to think about it, it was Li Zicheng who sent them to deal with them.
He quickly scanned the battlefield and led his cavalry to charge behind the infantry of the Brave Guard Battalion.
It was not that he was afraid, but the infantry of the Yongwei Camp had thrown the Shun Army infantry into chaos by breaking into their newly formed formation, making it a good time to reap the harvest.
Li Zuo, the captain of the Yongwei Camp, led the heavy infantry and rushed towards the Shun army infantry.
The firepower combination of five hundred infantrymen is perfect.
In front and on both sides were swordmen, holding shields in their left hands and swords in their right hands. Under the protection of double-layer armor, other firearms and crossbows could basically not hurt them except for artillery.
Among the swordsmen are spearmen, who use armor-piercing guns or spears to make up for the swordsmen's lack of firepower.
Next to the spearmen stood firearms soldiers, holding muskets, three-barreled hand guns or crossbows, providing long-range damage.
After the two sides came into contact, the Shun army's infantry phalanx collapsed at the first touch!
Because they found that the weapons in their hands seemed unable to hurt these people. The Shun army soldiers saw with their own eyes that the bullets from the bird guns and the arrows from the crossbows hit those people, but they just wouldn't fall. They marched in a unified pace and rushed into the infantry square step by step.
The Shun army soldiers managed to dodge the Ming army's bird guns and crossbows, but were stabbed to death one by one by the armor-piercing spears. Even if they were not dead, the sword and card players would immediately rush up to finish them off.
After all, these people were the elite of the Shun army. After being aroused, they took up cold weapons and fought with the Ming army. They waved their weapons and chopped at the Ming army with all their strength.
The battle between cold weapons is not like in movies and TV dramas, where one person is killed with one sword and the whole area is swept away.
Sometimes you can kill someone with one strike, but more often you need multiple attacks and defenses to kill the opponent. At this time, it is not only the physical strength, skills, experience and willpower of the soldiers that are tested, but also the equipment that is tested more strictly.
To a certain extent, heavy infantry can avoid being injured without defending, and take the opportunity to cause fatal damage to the enemy.
A Shun soldier took advantage of the Ming army's carelessness and slashed the Ming soldier's shoulder with his waist knife. The Ming soldier glared at him with his teeth bared, then stabbed him under the armpit with his knife. He was about to draw his knife to defend himself, but another Ming soldier stabbed him in the chest with an armor-piercing gun and died on the spot.
The Ming army fired their armor-piercing spears, forcing the Shun army in front to retreat step by step. Those who accidentally fell were trampled to death by the Ming army before they had time to shout.
Li Zuo's 500 heavy infantry did not encounter much pressure. When they attacked the Shun army infantry phalanx, they only needed to kill a dozen people and the enemy's formation would be dispersed.
Once the formation was broken, one led two, two led a group, and these Shun soldiers instantly lost the courage to continue fighting and turned around and fled.
It would have been better if he hadn't run. As soon as he turned around to escape, he encountered the Ming cavalry.
Under the cavalry charge, only one in ten of these Shun army infantrymen survived.
Some people had their throats cut by sharp weapons and fell to the ground, holding their necks and twitching in pain; some people were shot in the face by arrows and tried to pull the arrows out before they died; some people were knocked away by horses and were stabbed after falling to the ground.
More often than not, they were tripped by their own people, and after falling to the ground, they were trampled to death by their own people.
The situation on the entire battlefield changed instantly.
The Shun army that had just besieged the city turned around and ran back, hoping to leave this place as quickly as possible.
Boom! Boom!
The sound of horse hooves came from afar, shattering the Shun army's fear.
They looked up and found that the cavalrymen all had white cloth on their right arms!
"Our cavalry is coming!"
"Let's fight the Ming army. Let's go!"
These Shun troops shouted "charge" but their bodies were very obedient, one by one moving aside to make way for the cavalry.
A thousand cavalrymen rushed towards Li Zuo's heavy infantry.
Listening to the rumbling of iron hooves, looking at the overwhelming dust and the death cavalry rushing towards them, Li Zuo was not afraid.
"Form a formation!"
Following his order, the spearmen stuck one end of their spears into the ground and raised the other end high to face outward. The remaining sword and shield soldiers raised their shields to block the faces and chests of the spearmen.
These people formed a circle in the shortest time possible, and inside the circle were firearms soldiers and crossbowmen.
Bang bang bang!
Whoosh whoosh!
Both sides opened fire almost simultaneously.
The Shun cavalry's arrows hit the shields and the armor of the Ming army, causing almost no damage.
The Ming army's muskets and crossbows shot down more than a dozen cavalrymen.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the leader of the Shun cavalry immediately turned his horse's head and rushed forward diagonally.
The rest of the cavalry used the Ming army's tactics to fly a circle of kites, and when they saw that no damage was caused, they quickly left the battlefield.
"Damn it! Where did this group of Ming soldiers come from? Why are they so difficult to deal with?" In the darkness in the distance, Li Zicheng slapped his thigh with his clairvoyance.
Li Yan, the counselor, looked at it for a while with his clairvoyance and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, this is the Liaodong Jiannu heavy infantry that I told you about before."
"Liaodong Jiannu heavy infantry? What kind of troops are they?" Li Zicheng looked solemn.
It was the first time he witnessed the power of heavy infantry and he had to take it seriously.
In time, he and the Jiannu will have a war sooner or later.
"The heavy infantry of the Liaodong Jiannu used this method. They rode into the battlefield on horseback, formed a battle array, and removed the chevaux de frise and antlers that the Ming army had set up in advance. Then they rushed in to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Ming army, tearing a hole in the Ming army's defense line."
"Once the gap is opened, the Jiannu army will charge and completely crush the Ming army's resistance. If the Ming army's formation has not yet dispersed, the Jiannu cavalry will enter the battlefield and harass with archers, creating opportunities for their own infantry."
"The Jian Nu used heavy infantry to defeat the Ming army in Liaodong!"
"Does the Jiannu have a lot of heavy infantry?" Li Zicheng's face was gloomy.
"Among the 100,000 Jiannu soldiers, about 10% are heavy infantry! If they had enough armor, there would be even more heavy infantry! By the way, Your Majesty, these heavy infantry are also good at riding and shooting, and they are cavalry when they get on horseback!"
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