Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

"The musket team of the Shenji Battalion is out of line, line up!" Zhang

Wenjing stepped forward, waved the command flag in his hand, and shouted loudly.

At the sound of the order, 3,000 people immediately stood up and stood neatly at the front of the school field, neatly lined up between the formations, without a trace of chaos, and no one was left behind, which was simply an order forbidden.

"Your Highness, there are only six hundred and seventy flintlock pistols at the moment.

Zhang Wenjing walked over and said, "The minister will let six hundred and seventy people come out to fight."

"Okay.

Zhu Cihong walked up to the high platform of the school field and sat down, took out a clairvoyant mirror to observe.

After obtaining the consent of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Zhang Wenjing called out 670 people, went back to the barracks, put on clothes and armor, issued muskets and ammunition, and at the same time set up 100 wine jars in the distance as targets.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Wenjing commanded the first team to go out of the ranks, and 100 people raised their guns to aim.

"Put

......

!" A hundred shots were fired, and there was a loud bang in the school yard, and white smoke came out of the muzzle.

Zhu Cihong took a look at the clairvoyant mirror, and suddenly scolded his mother in his heart, damn, I don't know if there are forty broken wine jars in one hundred.

The advantage of flintlock pistols is that they do not need to be ignited, and the reloading time is a little faster than that of ignition arquebuses, but the range and accuracy are not very good.

After the formation is dense, just like a large shotgun, the bullets fired out have also become dense, and the hit rate has naturally increased a lot, but in such a formation, there must be more flintlock guns, the denser the formation, the greater the power, and when the time comes, the Manchu Eight Banners Iron Cavalry will not be afraid.

"Zhang Wenjing, come over for a moment.

Zhu Cihong saw that Zhang Wenjing was about to arrange the next group of people, so he immediately stopped him and beckoned him to come over.

"Your Highness.

Zhang Wenjing's face turned a little red, and he said a little embarrassed: "The minister's training is improper, please surrender your highness." "

A hundred people, only three or four bottles of wine, with such a low hit rate, he really has no face, and he feels that the flintlock pistol is particularly difficult to hit.

"It's not your fault, the flintlock pistol is like this.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said, "I called you over to tell you that of course the hit rate is very low."

"The minister is stupid.

Zhang Wenjing saw that His Royal Highness did not blame, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he also felt that his feeling was really right, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince felt that the hit rate of this flintlock pistol was not high.

"Divide six hundred and seventy people into two lines and try again. "

In this way, the density of muskets is not the same, and the hit rate naturally increases, and two rows of people fire at the same time, the first row shoots in a half-crouch, and the second row shoots standing up.

Zhu Cihong recalled the formation of the Europeans and said.

"Chancellor immediately go and try it.

Zhang Wenjing's eyes lit up immediately when he heard this, feeling that this was the case, and then hurriedly ran down and began to arrange the command.

"Gao Yi, how many cavalry can go to the battlefield in the 3,000 battalions now?" Zhu

Cihong's Shenji battalion didn't worry too much, after all, the queue to shoot the formation is not high, and the main thing is to grab more, but once you encounter the Manchu cavalry in the field, if you don't have a way to deal with it, it will be very troublesome.

"Five thousand.

Gao Yi took off his armor, wiped the sweat on his head, took a big sip of water, and walked over and said: "The three thousand battalions train horsemanship and archery during the day, and melee combat at night. "

Is there any way to restrain the Mongol cavalry?" Zhu

Cihong asked again.

"Chariots, bows, crossbows, and heavy infantry are mounted on horseback, and the five hundred white horse servants under him are also specialized in cavalry.

Gao Yi said, and said: "Now my Beijing camp does not have chariots and heavy infantry, so my subordinates have specially trained a bow and crossbow battalion of 5,000 people, of which 2,000 are heavy crossbowmen, specializing in killing cavalry charges.

"And in the five army camps, there are also 5,000 shield soldiers, holding spears, forming a shield array, this shield is so high at the neck of a person, it can also block the cavalry impact, and once the enemy cavalry falls, the shield soldiers can also crush it, and then there are 15,000 soldiers, specializing in close combat.

Zhu Cihong nodded after listening, this soldier's training was purposeful and had special tactical preparations, and he reacted after listening.

First of all, the Shenji battalion first lined up to shoot one round, then the rear tiger squat cannon bombarded another round, and then the bow and crossbow battalion continued to supplement the output, and then the cavalry sprinted, and then the shield defense was supplemented, and finally the soldiers attacked.

This set is defeated, even if the Manchu cavalry is powerful, they have to take off a layer of skin, and they also want the enemy not to fall off the horse, once they fall off the horse, the shield soldiers will immediately make you lose all your combat effectiveness, consume the enemy's physical strength, and at this time the soldiers will come up again to harvest in close combat.

However, the premise is that military discipline must be strict, discipline must be good, and it is necessary to ensure that the entire army can enforce orders and prohibitions, command smoothly, and every link and command must not make mistakes or cause chaos, otherwise the formation will be abolished as soon as it is dispersed.

"Gao Yi, this tactic, to ensure military discipline, orders and prohibitions, and to have courage, the enemy cavalry sprints, can't be afraid, can't mess up, can you ensure that these 30,000 people can do it?"

Zhu Cihong looked at the tens of thousands of people standing on the school field through the clairvoyant mirror, he really didn't move at all, and he would never move a penny without an order, and now he looks like this, but as soon as he enters the battlefield, the test is mostly done.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, the military discipline of his subordinates is strict, the training is hard, and these soldiers are also very capable of enduring hardships. Gao

Yi guarantees that there is absolutely no problem with the military discipline in Jingying.

Bang bang......!!!

at this moment, there was a loud noise in the distance, more than 600 people were divided into two rows, standing densely, and in the distance of them, more than 200 wine jars were placed.

Under the loud noise, in the white smoke, more than half of the more than 200 wine jars were shattered in an instant, and in such a comparison, the hit rate was indeed much higher.

"Not bad.

Zhu Cihong saw through the clairvoyant mirror that the hit rate also nodded again and again, although it was still not a 100% hit, but there were seven or eight layers, and this was still a small wine jar, and the placement was not dense enough.

If this is the cavalry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, if there are many people, the hit rate can be improved, whether it is a horse or a person, it can make the enemy lose its combat effectiveness.

"Okay, then train like this, after a month, the War Bureau will equip the musket team with 2,000 flintlock pistols, so give you a month to familiarize yourself with the formation and tactics, you must practice it during this period of time, and after a month, go to the front line to find the Qing army to liquidate and liquidate!"

Zhu Cihong stood up, solemnly instructed Gao Yi, and then after showing his face in front of all the soldiers, he left the Beijing camp and rushed towards the military headquarters.

Military Department.

In the lobby, a large sand table is lined up in the center, which is the front-line war zone, with wood, sand and stone, and a physical map built on it, which is also filled with the Ming flag made of wood, and toothpicks representing the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Then, on one wall, there is a more detailed paper map.

A group of officials from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry once again discussed and discussed countermeasures.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"

Under Qiu Zhizhong's shout, Zhu Cihong raised his feet and walked into the yamen of the military department.

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness the Prince. When

they saw this, they all came to salute.

"How is the battle going?" Zhu

Cihong raised his hand and came directly to the sand table to take a look.

"The situation is not very optimistic, the Qing army has broken nineteen towns in a row, and the defenders only dare to defend the city, and do not dare to go out of the city to meet the battle, resulting in the military rations of the household department and the weapons of the Ministry of Industry cannot be transported out, once they go out of the city, they will definitely be robbed by the Qing army.

Sun Chengzong picked up a wooden stick and pointed to several places on the map, and said with a solemn face.

"The Qing army burned and looted all the way, and these places are all plains, and our army's field combat ability is really much worse than that of the Qing army.

"That is to say, our army is in the front, and as soon as we get out of the city, we are isolated and helpless, with no food and grass, and no ordnance

?" Zhu Cihong frowned and said: "I can only stay in the city and watch the Qing army outside wreaking havoc?"

He knew that the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty was not strong and could only defend the city, and the Guanning defense line in eastern Liaodong was mainly to defend the city, and rarely dared to fight in the field of the Qing army, but this was too bad, and he didn't even dare to go out of the city?"

That's pretty much it, moreover, the Qing army will also cut off the food routes of our army.

Yang Sichang also picked up a wooden stick and pointed to the location of the Qing army on both sides of the official road, and said: "But the Qing army is different, they don't need supplies, they just grab wherever they go." "

Your Highness, the grain, grass and ordnance sent out by the household department have been lost for two days.

Ni Yuanlu also came up and said.

Suddenly

, a soldier ran in quickly and said loudly: "The latest battle report, Jixian has been lost, Baodi

has been lost, and the Qing army has approached Xianghe on the right!" "Report!" "Laishui is lost, Fangshan is lost, and the Qing army is approaching Daxing on the left flank

!" "Report!"

"The

grain and grass transported by the household department to Lu Xiangshengbu in Zhuzhou are outside Tongzhou City and intercepted by the Qing army!"