Valley Emperor

There is a mountain several miles outside Jianping City, and there is a temple on the mountain. There is a nun in the temple. Her name is...

Alas, that is all in the past, and now there are no nuns and no monks in the temple.

Maybe there were before, but now, there are only Ming soldiers coming and going in this place.

Two days ago, the Ming army arrived here, and then occupied this temple, which was rumored to have been abandoned for half a day. Wang Yiqi's base camp was temporarily set up here.

The reason why Wang Yiqi brought the army here is because he thought that the puppet thief army of Tang Dynasty had already occupied Jianping. His army came from a long way, naturally it is impossible to run directly to the city in a foolish way, and then send a general and a general of the pseudo-Tang thief army to fight one-on-one.

Because in that case, it is estimated that countless cannonballs will greet Wang Yiqi!

Therefore, Wang Yiqi stopped the 100,000-strong army here, and then camped and rested. The battle was approaching. He needed to feed the soldiers and drink enough, and at the same time, he needed to make various preparations.

At the same time, in Jianping City, Chen Keqiao of the 5th Infantry Division was also looking at the Ming army outside the city with binoculars.

The number of Ming troops is extremely large, and the camps stationed are spread for several miles, circle after circle, that is a hundred thousand troops, more than the total number of people in the city plus the fifth infantry division.

But in the south, there is another troop, that is, the main troops of the Second Army led by Li Chunjing. They arrived a little later, but only arrived yesterday.

Now, the two sides are stationed around the small town of Jianping.

As for Jianping City itself, it has also become part of the entire battlefield.

As the battle was approaching, Chen Keqiao himself was a little nervous, because although this battle was the final battle Li Chunjing wanted, the strength of the two sides was slightly larger.

The divisions of the Second Army, including the Fifth Infantry Division, consisted of only two infantry divisions, two mixed regiments and one heavy artillery battalion, with a total strength of about 40,000 troops.

On the opposite side of the Ming army, there were 60,000 Jiangnan New Army, 20,000 frontier troops, and 20,000 guard soldiers, no more or no less, just 100,000.

The strength of the two sides is 40,000 to 100,000!

There is no doubt that the Ming army has an absolute advantage in military strength.

In terms of equipment, the Datang Army has an obvious advantage.

In terms of muskets, the Second Army has about 16,000 muskets, and the Ming army on the opposite side is actually about the same number.

On the artillery, each has its own spring and autumn. The Datang Army has an obvious advantage in the number of long-barreled artillery such as field artillery. The total number of field artillery in each department has reached more than 150, while the Ming army on the opposite side is About fifty.

It is worth noting that the Ming army has only a few nine-jin artillery pieces, while the Datang Army has nearly forty nine-jin artillery pieces.

In terms of shotguns, the Ming army had more.

In terms of armor, the Second Army of the Datang Army has equipped a large number of plate armors, old-style iron armor, cotton iron armor, etc., and the proportion of cold weapons such as spears, swords, shields, bows and arrows of 20,000 people has reached one third. , that is, the Second Army had at least seven thousand armored soldiers.

The Ming army on the opposite side is equipped with traditional iron armor and cotton armor, and some cotton iron armor, but in terms of equipment ratio, it is far inferior to the Tang Army. The army of 100,000 people will not exceed 5,000 people in armor. These people The important thing is to focus on the frontier troops.

However, in addition to the large number of troops, the Ming army also has a huge advantage, that is, they have enough cavalry!

Wang Yiqi's army of 100,000 troops had a total of 3,000 cavalry. These 4,000 cavalry were not ordinary mounted infantry, but all professional cavalry, most of them were cavalry drawn from the northern frontier army. Most of the cavalry were skilled in bowing and horses.

On the second army side, the number of cavalry was much smaller. The second cavalry detachment temporarily formed by the whole army together had about 800 cavalry.

It can be said that in the cavalry, the Ming army has an absolute advantage.

Of course, for the comparison of the above-mentioned forces, whether it is Li Chunjing or Wang Yiqi, in fact, they do not know the details of the other party, so they can only guess.

Overall, both sides in this battle have their own advantages!

The Tang Army had many guns and guns, and the quality of its soldiers was higher, and the armor rate far exceeded that of the Ming Army.

The Ming army has many troops and many cavalry.

When such two big armies are in battle here, who will win and who will lose? It will only be known after the battle. Although Chen Keqiao has confidence in this, he is not blindly confident.

After observing the city for a while, he went out of the city again to the camp of the Second Army's middle army, met Li Chunjing and other generals of the Second Army, and held a brief meeting.

This time the meeting did not say anything about the detailed strategic arrangement, because both sides have already set up their battles.

The specific details of the formation and the like are not discussed at the meeting. The specific details are basically asked to go back and discuss with the head of the regiment and the battalion commander.

Li Chunjing can't command the battalion directly!

On November 9th and 10th, both sides spent in silence.

But the two sides will not be so silent forever.

On the 11th, Li Chunjing ordered all the ministries to form an array, and the artillerymen marched out to build field artillery positions!

Li Chunjing moved first, and the Ming army on the opposite side naturally moved as well. A large number of soldiers in the camp began to stand out, and then listed one huge party after another.

By noon, the two sides had already completed their formation, and the Datang Army even voluntarily gave up Jianping City and all went out of the city to fight in formation.

The two sides deployed their own deployments around several low hilltops, and the army of hundreds of thousands made it impossible to drain the crowded water around!

At noon, the fourth mixed regiment took the lead in launching a tentative attack. Of course, it was not a foolish frontal rush, but an attempt to maneuver around.

However, the Ming army's vigilance was quite strong. After seeing the 4th Hybrid Regiment move, they followed suit, and they also sent their cavalry units to try to detour to the 4th Hybrid Regiment's flank.

Seeing that the 4th Mixed Regiment was about to fall into crisis, Li Chunjing ordered it again, and the 7th Infantry Division of the Central Army directly pressed on, shortening the distance between the two sides by 300 meters.

At the same time, the artillery of both sides also began to fire in a large number and intensively.

The Tang army and the Ming army added up to more than 200 field artillery pieces. The momentum of the fight against each other was huge. The solid artillery shells were flying randomly on the entire battlefield. covered up.

During the shelling, the heavy howitzer of the Datang Army also exerted its amazing power. In the past, this kind of artillery played a huge role in the siege, but it was used directly in the field. To be honest, this is the first time. .

It's not that the Tang Army didn't want to do this, but the Ming Army never gave them the chance to fight in the open field.

Now, the opportunity has come, let this howitzer be used on the battlefield!

Under the rumbling of the cannon, the phalanx of infantry on both sides was constantly coming and going. This kind of decisive battle involving more than 100,000 people was naturally impossible to simply charge and then defeat the opponent.

Because both sides will arrange the rear depth, the infantry phalanx in front is finished, and there are one or even two or three behind it.

When the infantry and artillery of the two sides fought fiercely, the cavalry on both sides also moved frequently. There was no cavalry fighting between them, but they were frequently interspersed on the battlefield. The main purpose was to use the mobility of the cavalry to threaten the main force. The flank of the infantry phalanx, thereby forcing the infantry phalanx to change formations and creating more favorable opportunities for their own infantry.

At present, the battle between the two sides is still concentrated between infantry and artillery!

However, it is obvious that due to the large number of artillery pieces of the Datang Army and their enormous power, the dense artillery fire broke down one square formation after another of the Ming Army, which made Wang Yiqi's face darken.

Although Wang Yiqi has never led a battle in person, he is still a civil servant who knows soldiers. He has basically read through many military books from ancient times to the present. As for the artillery of his own side on the battlefield today, it is almost completely suppressed by the artillery of the bandit army, which leads to the loss of his own side. When the infantry suffered a large number of casualties, he also knew that the situation was not very good.

But there is nothing he can do about it!

Who made him not have so many artillery pieces!

Immediately, he turned around and discussed with a few generals around him, and then passed on the latest order to let the cavalry knock out the artillery position on the left flank of the bandit army, where the artillery position of the bandit army was deployed on a small high ground. , and there are dozens of doors ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ condescending, causing huge damage to the friendly infantry phalanx below

If you don't destroy the artillery positions of the thief army, I am afraid that today's own army of 100,000 will have to be bombed and collapsed by these artillery!

Of course, Wang Yiqi would not be stupid enough to let the cavalry charge directly, but let them charge the flank. At the same time, in addition to the cavalry, he also dispatched tens of thousands of Jiangnan new troops to attack the infantry square on the left flank of the enemy, to use Contain the enemy's infantry phalanx to cover the movement of the cavalry.

Following Wang Yiqi's order, the situation on the battlefield changed instantly.

On the left wing of the Second Army, on the artillery position, a young lieutenant colonel commanded the artillery battalion of the artillery battalion under his command to conduct shelling. Neither fast nor slow, it not only exerted the maximum firepower, but also ensured that the barrel would not overheat and explode.

In addition to commanding the artillery to shoot, he also had the leisure to chat with others.

But soon his expression changed slightly, and then he took out a single-pass telescope. In the sight of the telescope, a group of Ming army cavalry appeared on a low hill, and then slowly came towards his artillery position.