"Boom! Boom! Boom..."

Outside Fenshui Pass, Huang Degong ordered each artillery battalion to take turns shelling the gate of the pass. The Zheng's army on the wall of the pass also fired back with artillery fire.

The huge roar of artillery sounded almost at the same time on both sides' positions, shaking the ground so much that it began to tremble. The iron bullets passed over the wilderness between the two sides' positions at a high speed that was difficult to detect with the naked eye, and then hit the other side hard.

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Some iron bullets fell to the ground, kicking up flying dust. Both sides fired three or four rounds of shelling in succession. Since both sides lacked heavy artillery, the distance between the positions was almost the maximum range of the artillery. Although the mutual shelling could not

It was very lively and could knock down some of the opponent's defensive fortifications, but it did not cause too many casualties on either side.

The Jingwu Army bombarded the gates and towers of the pass, while the Zheng Jiajun bombarded the Jingwu Army's artillery array. However, the Jingwu Army had an absolute advantage in the number of artillery pieces, and most of the artillery pieces were rear-mounted Franco machine guns.

The firing frequency was very fast, and after several rounds of shelling, the firepower completely suppressed the Zheng Jiajun.

After the Jingwu Army's bag wall was smashed open, soldiers would immediately fill it with new homespun bags. However, after the pass city wall that the Zheng Family Army relied on was smashed, it was difficult to repair it and had to find other hiding places.

Zheng Fusong was also secretly anxious. It would be detrimental to the Zheng family in the long run. It seemed that the only option was to put the Zheng family's iron army into the battlefield.

Facing the frantically attacking Jingwu Army, Zheng Fusong finally waited until the next day in a nervous mood.

"Young Master, Gan Hui, the left forward guard of the Iron Man Army's central army, obeys the order!"

"Young Master, the left forward admiral Yang Zu listens to the order!"

"My lord, right forward Admiral Xie Jiyuan listens to the order!"

In the Zheng family's tent, Zheng Fusong was greatly relieved to see the generals convinced him, and shouted: "Okay, prepare to send troops to fight against the Jingwu army with the three thousand iron men of the Zheng family!"

The Iron Man Army is also known as the Zheng Family Jingjia. Each of the three thousand soldiers is covered with heavy armor, wears a shield, and wears a mask. They hold a long sword for close combat, and carry a blunderbuss or a large bow for long-distance combat.

Outside Fenshui Pass, Huang Degong stood on top of his chariot and looked at the pass 500 meters away. He saw that Zheng Jun had already fought his way out of the pass very cooperatively, formed a formation, and was ready to face the Jingwu Army.

Huang Degong laughed loudly and said: "Good guy, I took the initiative to deliver it to my door. The Zheng family's child is doing well!"

Huang Degong was very confident about entering Quanzhou, Fujian this time. His only worry was that the Zheng family's army would retreat within the pass and rely on the continuous support of the Zheng family navy at sea to carry out stubborn resistance and delay the Jingwu army's pacification of Fujian.

Now that Zheng Jiajun took the initiative to fight out of the border, he was playing into Huang Degong's plan, and he was extremely excited.

Huang Degong looked around from the chariot and saw that the Zheng family's army was arranged in five large square formations. The Wufan soldiers formed the Zheng family's middle army. On the left were short Japanese soldiers, and on the right were white soldiers.

, and behind the square formation, there was a second echelon of cavalry and hundreds of infantry.

Huang Degong said: "Is this formation very similar to the one used by the Crown Prince when he first trained the Yongwei Battalion?"

The Spanish phalanx is actually a phalanx composed of musketeers and pikemen. Each phalanx can be large or small, with the number ranging from 500 to 3,000. Generally, there are two to three rows of musketeers on the outside, and musketeers inside.

The third to fourth floors are surrounded by pikemen, and a fort is set up in the center of the square array, equipped with a varying number of artillery pieces.

When the battle begins, artillery and muskets are first used to carry out long-range strikes against the enemy, and then pikemen attack to fight the enemy in close combat, or to prevent local cavalry from attacking, combining the powerful power of firearms with the pikemen's left-hand stabbing tactics.

The most important thing is that it can fight on all sides. The entire phalanx emphasizes absolute discipline and has no obvious weaknesses. In the late 16th century, other European countries also followed suit, and the Spanish phalanx tactics became the mainstream tactics on the European battlefield.

Most of Zhu Cixiang's tactics for training the Brave Guard Battalion were based on the Spanish phalanx tactics, but he changed the phalanx into a more advanced line tactic than the Spanish phalanx.

Huang Degong smiled and said: "No matter what tricks they come up with, they are nothing more than a group of iron lumps in front of my brave Jingwu Army. We will smash them all the same!"

Zheng Fusong on the opposite side also looked at the formation of the Jingwu Army through the telescope. He found that the musketeers of the Jingwu Army spread out in four columns and formed a long horizontal line. In front of the formation in the middle, there were also

A large number of artillery was deployed, and cavalry was prepared on both wings.

But soon Zheng Fusong's calmness started to rise again, because she saw the flanks of the enemy troops in the southwest through the telescope.

Matos, who was next to Zheng Fusong, touched his nose and seemed to be muttering to himself: "Horizontal formation, this is a Swedish tactic, why would the Ming army also use it?"

Zheng Fusong asked in confusion: "The Swedes use it? Is it very powerful?"

Matos laughed and said: "Master, please rest assured that our phalanx is invincible! Please start giving orders to attack!"

According to Matos's estimation, although these five phalanxes only have more than 3,000 soldiers, they are enough to resist an attack by twice the army. Therefore, although the Jingwu Army has a large number of people, it is not easy to win.

This is where Toth's confidence comes from.

Zheng Fusong suddenly drew his sword and said: "Zheng Family Iron Army, go to battle!"

"Ouch!"

The three thousand Zheng family's iron troops, all covered in iron armor, shouted in unison and advanced with guns drawn.

Comparing momentum in front of the formation is Huang Degong's specialty. He waved slightly, and the flag bearer next to the chariot immediately waved the flag several times.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The war drums of the Jingwu Army beat, and gunshots rang out.

Huang Degong drew his sword, fluttered his beard, and shouted: "Kill!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The entire 20,000 Jingwu Army roared angrily, shouted three times and marched three times, and suddenly took three steps forward. The sound of their iron boots hitting the ground was like the sky falling apart and the earth cracking, echoing in the Fenshuiguan Canyon.

With many people and loud voices, the momentum of the Jingwu Army could be described as earth-shattering. The Zheng Family Tiejun's previous momentum was suddenly washed away, and their steady progress even paused a few times and became a little uneven.

Zheng Fusong on the pass was so startled by the sound that he almost lost his balance. He was horrified, and his hope of victory in the next step became increasingly slim.

The two sides did not launch a long-range shot, but continued to approach very resolutely, as if competing for courage.

When the artillery of the Iron Man Army advanced to a distance of a hundred steps and stopped to fix the easy-to-carry Tiger Crouching Cannon and prepare to fire, various departments of the Jingwu Army had already ordered to fire.

Gunfire like exploding beans suddenly rang out, far more intensive than yesterday's artillery fire, and the Zheng family's iron army who was rushing at the front immediately froze.

What's surprising is that the Zheng family's iron army was made of steel and seemed invulnerable, and few of them fell.

"Fire!"

"Pah! Pah! Pah..."

Another burst of gunfire rang out, and the front row of the Zheng family's iron army once again withstood a wave of musket fire.

Looking at the Zheng family's Iron Man Army who had been shot twice in a row but still not killed, Huang Degong was slightly shocked: "They are all made of iron, what are they wearing? Can't even be penetrated by fire blunderbuss?"

A counselor of the Jingwu Army said attentively: "Back to Jingnan Bo, the Zheng family's troops should be wearing cotton armor!"
Chapter completed!