After a long period of training, the Sichuan Army can now move forward by stepping on the drum beats. Even soldiers recruited before the war have received enough training in daily military training to fully understand and obey the flag of the army's golden drums. However, the army still cannot help the Qing Dynasty and destroy the Ming army. Now only a few officers understand that beating drums is moving forward, but they often make mistakes, or can't hear the sound of drums and walk around.

"Bang!"

"Bang! Bang!"

The three-eyed guns were heard, and after hearing the sound of the volley, the entire army was excited because people often shouted that they could not hear the drums clearly, and Deng Ming could not tell whether they really couldn't hear clearly or were unwilling to go forward to fight, so they temporarily used the three-eyed gun to issue orders. It has to be said that the effect of this thing used to command was much better than that of the golden drums, and no one could say anything but not hear it.

The first time we fired a gun was to ask the army to pay attention: we are going to start the attack and be prepared.

Tens of thousands of Ming troops had already intimidated the Qing army on the opposite side for half an hour, but the other party still did not flee in large numbers, which made the Ming army of Fuqing realize that the opponent was a strong enemy. Many officers and soldiers were upset, hoping to scare the other party for a while. Seeing that Deng Ming announced that he was going to attack, many soldiers were worried, but they had to cheer up and prepare for the attack.

With the second sound of the gun, the three-eyed gun brigade took a step forward, and the entire row of the Qing army followed behind. The three-eyed guns were shooting very loudly, and they could also raise a lot of smoke, which played a role in obscuring the enemy's vision. When Deng Ming first used the three-eyed gun as command equipment, he also scared many Qing army members - those scholars and tenants who had newly joined the army were not as knowledgeable as the heroes of the martial arts world. They had never heard such loud cannon sounds, and their legs were so weak that they were frightened by the thunderous gun sound.

However, Deng Ming told them that this was just a sound, and according to Deng Ming's experience in raising horses, as long as he had seen the blasting of the city wall, the war horses would not be afraid of the sound of guns. The development of the matter also verified Deng Ming's judgment. After hearing the loud noise of the city wall collapse several times, the Qing army was indeed not very sensitive to the sound of guns.

However, the Qing army on the opposite side was greatly affected. These Qing army had just retreated from the Yashan front line and planned to return to Dengzhou. They did not expect that all the friendly troops in front had passed, but they were blocked by the Fuqing army. Because they had fought with the rebels, or at least had seen the Central Army fighting with the rebels, the fierce shouts made by the Fuqing army on the opposite side did not scare the courage of these Qing soldiers. They even shouted in reverse, trying to scare away some cowards on the opposite side.

However, this plan was not successful. The Qing army on the opposite side was obviously far above the rebels. When thousands of Qing troops shouted loudly and desperately collided with weapons to their shields, the rebels did not have a large number of wanderers. When the Qing army fired muskets at the Qing army, the morale of the Qing army was even more severely hit - the thieves on the opposite side were not wooden sticks but swords, and they actually had firearms. Not only did they not escape, they also tried to fight with the officers and soldiers.

The Fuqing Army advanced carefully. The three-eyed gun brigade in the front row was all elite soldiers of the Fuqing Army. They were composed of very brave heroes and very honest tenant farmers, and led by passionate young scholars. In addition to these musketeers, the elite soldiers of the Fuqing Army also had large shield soldiers, most of which were rural tenants led by scholars.

There are generally two major categories of traditional lineups. One is that cannon fodder first and elites push the formation. This is generally used under advantage, such as when attacking. The advantage of this formation is that cannon fodder bears greater losses. The elites of the array can ensure that cannon fodder play a greater role and consume more enemies - but it is not easy to use when the team is equal and defense, because if cannon fodder reverses, it may also destroy the elite, so be very careful when the enemy is likely to counterattack.

Another type is that the commander led the elite servants to charge into the battle, and the Yuli troops shaking flags and shouting on both wings. Deng Ming defeated Zu Zepu in the Jiaoshui River. This is a typical example. After confirming that victory is within reach, the Yuli will bravely join the war and help chase the defeated soldiers and capture the prisoners. This is a field tactic commonly used by the feudal army when the number of people is at a disadvantage.

Today, Deng Ming adopted the new tactics he had explored in Laizhou. The Three-Eyed Gun Brigade leads the way, and the same elite large shield troops surround the army, surrounding the entire army.

When the main force of the Qing army was cheering to the Qing army just now, the big shield soldiers did not participate, but connected their shields into a wall to form a continuous wooden fence. When the first fire of the Three-Eyed Guns Brigade, the big shield troops carried the wooden fence and shields and slowly advanced with the main force.

Today, Deng Ming did not use any tactics of circumventing the two wings at all, but the entire army slowly rubbed towards the enemy like a turtle. After walking for a while, when he saw that there seemed to be something moving from the Qing army, Deng Ming hurriedly ordered to stop moving forward. With the sound of the third musket, the Qing army immediately stopped collectively. The large shield soldiers around him inserted the shields and fences into the ground regardless of their care, filling them with soil, and re-formed a fence wall surrounding the entire army.

When the army was carrying out civil engineering operations, officers at all levels of the Qing army carefully observed the actions of the Qing army opposite to see if they had the possibility of launching an attack.

When it was confirmed that the Qing army had no intention of attacking, and the small commotion just now caused their stress response because of the threat from the Ming army, Deng Ming asked the three-eyed gun brigade, which had been loaded, to fire again. At this time, the large shield troops had dug out the wooden fences and large shields on the original position and transported them into the new temporary camp wall. The wall that had just been buried was still moving, and the Qing army began to squirm forward again, further shortening the distance with the Qing army.

If Deng Ming led the guard to charge, he would probably be able to take down the enemy troops on the other side, but Deng Ming could not fight all the field battles in Shandong. The important thing is to try to cultivate the combat ability of the Qing army. Deng Ming felt that this turtle formation was most suitable for the current morale, combat skills and personnel composition of the Qing army.

Whether it is the enemy or our army, the most troublesome thing is probably blatant abandonment on the battlefield. Strictly speaking, Deng Ming's Big Tortoise Formation was not his first. When Qi Jiguang formed a chariot array in the north, the main purpose was to prevent soldiers from robbing publicly on the battlefield. Qi Jiguang said that the siege of the car gave the soldiers a feeling of being in the city, making them feel that it was unsafe to escape from the chariot array; and with a wall of chariots, the soldiers were not very easy to escape; no matter how many directions the enemy came from, the soldiers in the chariot array were facing out of the formation, and the timids did not know whether the escaped formation would just hit the Tartar cavalry surrounded by flanks, so they stopped running away.

In short, the role of the car wall is mainly to prevent one's own people from escaping, and causing trouble for the enemy cavalry to charge is a secondary target. Whether it is Deng Ming's Qing army or Shandong Qing army, their quality is not as good as the Northern Frontier Defense Forces under Qi Jiguang. Deng Ming has realized that the deployment of the car array does contain profound and clever psychology. He does not have enough big chariots and animals to pull the car, so he simply let the army advance with the wall on his back.

If the officers under Deng Ming had the qualities of the Huguang Green Camp, he would not have designed such tactics for the Qing army. Before the Zhongxiang Battle, many officers in the Huguang Green Camp had had more than ten years of fighting with Li Dingguo, Sun Kewang, even He Zhen, Hao Yaoqi, and more than ten years of fighting, and had more experience in field battles. But now, the officers of the Qing army were not only knights but also scholars. Their understanding of war was to defend the county yamen runners who came to get people in the mountain village, or to hold on to the encirclement or dam during clan armed battles. Therefore, the army moved forward with the walls of the camp, which was easier to exert the ability of the Qing army officers. They stood behind the fence and felt like they were returning to the fighting arena, and they could skillfully control their soldiers to perform their duties.

Slowly moved within 100 meters of the Qing army, the Qing army refused to continue moving forward, but carefully strengthened the camp wall and shot arrows at the enemy.

If the firearms equipped by the Qing army were not three-eyed guns but bird guns, Deng Ming felt that the turtle formation did not need to take the risk of moving so close. It could start to strengthen one hundred and fifty meters away, and then hide behind the fence and shoot at the enemy constantly, exhausting the enemy's patience, forcing them to attack the Qing army's village or take the initiative to retreat - that would move the village and follow them.

After setting up the fence, the Fuqing Army and the Qing army began to shoot fiercely. When the Fuqing Army moved forward, the Qing army had been firing cold arrows, and dozens of Fuqing Army were knocked down to the ground. Now we can finally fight back. The Fuqing Army relied on the large number of people and powerful forces to quickly recover the losses we had suffered. After half an hour of fierce fighting, the casualties of the Fuqing Army and the Qing army were nearly 100.

This battle made Deng Ming's guards feel very dull, but the officers of the Qing army gradually entered the state, shouting in front of the fence, and commanding the soldiers to fight bravely. Since Deng Ming proposed this tactic, he has been loved from the heart of the gentry's House of Gentlemen. They have the most food and peasants. Although this battle is slow and difficult to decide the outcome, it is easy to evolve into the gentry's favorite stable attrition war - there is no ups and downs, it is not a gambling game that can get rich overnight, but a real fight for the family.

The soldiers injured behind the fence were dragged into the formation to be taken care of. At this time, the heroes began to envy the tenants because they were all clan members on their side and could receive careful care from their fellow clan members after being injured. One or two injured men who showed bravery also received personal guarantees from the scholars of the same village. After they said that they would tell the clan leader that they would write a merit on the clan record.

The battle situation continued to develop in an area conducive to the Fu Qing army, and the key was that several simple stone throwing cars were finally put together. After the stone throwing cars were set up, the Fu Qing army began to bombard the Qing army's positions, further accelerating the opponent's casualties, and at the same time, it severely hit the opponent's morale.

After seeing that the Qing army began to escape from the position by avoiding stones, the officers of the Qing army finally saw the dawn of victory in the field and threw the stones to the opponent's position even harder. The Qing army commander also had to make a choice: Should we temporarily retreat and withdraw from the enemy's catapult distance, or should we take the initiative to attack the opponent's wooden fence and drive the enemy out of the battlefield?

The former may cause a large number of soldiers to mistake the retreat for retreat and start to escape, and attacking the wooden fence is also dangerous. After all, the number of soldiers in the Qing Dynasty is larger and there is also a defensive advantage.
Chapter completed!