Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 56 A Great Victory

The huge peasant soldiers knew nothing about what was happening in the city. They only saw these hundreds of Houjin soldiers. Under the leadership of the white-robed knight, nearly ten thousand soldiers advanced silently.Now that the distance is quite close, we can see their equipment clearly. One of the characteristics of this army's equipment is that it is very complex!The vast majority of people don't even have jackets, let alone leather and cotton armor. Many of them are dressed as farmers. Their shields are very simple, but they can block stray arrows. However, their weapons are a bit poor, and they don't even have the most common spear. It can equip a large number of troops, with tens of thousands of troops, including those with muskets, guillotines, and axes, and many of them even have wood guns!Sure enough, there is no worst, only worse. Even the equipment of the officers and soldiers at the guard station is better than theirs. How dare you fight with the Manchurian cavalry in the field with such equipment?It’s simply courting death!Tablon's eyes fell on the one hundred or so cavalry. In his opinion, these one hundred cavalry were the core of the entire army. If these more than 100 cavalry were killed, the tens of thousands of cavalry would collapse. Next, It was nothing more than a massacre.But this group of rabble is quite interesting. They are not afraid at all. I really don’t know whether to praise them for being brave or scold them for being stupid.

The white-robed general was also sizing up his opponent, and when his eyes passed over the tall and strong horse and the sharp armor and weapons, he showed a hint of envy.

That's it.

He raised his right hand, and the trumpeters beside him blew their horns, woo-woo--the sound of the horn shook the sky, the surging crowd stopped abruptly, and more and more archers and musketeers came out, lined up, and the pikemen squatted down , the spear shaft is inserted into the ground, and the people behind are holding it with their feet. The spear points are densely packed and look like a large reed. This is a standard tactic of resisting cavalry with foot.Those with knives, axes and hammers stayed behind, apparently acting as cheerleaders. The transfer was a bit messy, but it was in place. None of the archers and musketeers who should go forward absolutely stayed behind, and those who should stay behind No one came forward.Tabulun felt a little scared, it seemed that his opponent was no ordinary person!His troubles were far more than that. The elegant-looking general in white robes was galloping in front of the formation. His voice didn't sound very loud, but the words were clear: "Wait a moment for the Tartars to rush over, don't panic, wait After they approached a hundred paces, the musketeers fired first, and the archers fired arrows again. After the musketeers fired one shot, the archers immediately retreated into the formation after shooting three arrows... The pikemen could not move without orders, even if the Tartars Even if a horse's hoof steps on you, you can't move! You don't need to stab with a gun, just point the tip of the gun at the Tatar horses and wait for them to hit you, do you understand!?"

Thousands of troops and horses responded loudly: "Understood!"

The white-robed general turned his horse's head in a circle, pointed his whip at the Houjin army that had already formed a bullhorn array and was about to charge, and said angrily, "The Tartars broke through the border and crossed the capital for more than a month. They burned my city, killed my people, and raped my women. , Bloody debts, countless books! You have all seen what they have done along the way. As a good man of Ming Dynasty, how long will we let these beasts run rampant in front of us! If you still have a little blood, today Just follow me here, fight to the death with these beasts, kill each of them, and use their blood to pay back the blood debt they owe!!!”

Nearly ten thousand horses and horses neighed and roared: "Kill them!!!"

The roars from nearly ten thousand throats merged into a thunderbolt, almost shaking away the dark clouds in the sky.Tabrun's eyelids twitched, revealing a smirk: "The aura is quite scary, but I'm not too scared!" He raised his palm and slashed down fiercely: "Attack! Let these smart dogs know how powerful we are!" !"

Hundreds of cavalry shouted in unison, clamped the horse's belly, the horse neighed wildly, spread its hooves and rushed straight towards the Ming army's phalanx.They obviously didn't take these nearly ten thousand horses seriously!Not to mention, they really have something to be proud of, because they are cavalry. On this great plain, cavalry is almost invincible, and it is not impossible to crush enemy infantry ten or twenty times their own.Infantry fighting against cavalry on the prairie really needed courage, and what the Ming army lacked was courage. They were confident that they would crush this Ming army in one go!
The ground was frozen hard, which was a very favorable condition for the cavalry. The horses ran with less effort and the impact was stronger.Hundreds of riders accelerated slowly two miles away, shouting "Wan Sheng" every time they advanced a certain distance. It was not very good at the beginning, but when the speed was raised, the roar and hoofbeats mixed together, like rolling thunder, snow powder It rose several feet high, like a storm was blowing, the ground shook, the light of armor and swords shone, and people screamed and horses neighed. The scene was truly terrifying.Fortunately, these guys had been fighting Yang Menglong for nearly a day, and their physical strength was quite high, otherwise the momentum would have been even more terrifying!
For a mile, the horses began to run at high speed, and countless horseshoes hit the ground like raindrops, the sound was like thunder.

The Ming army phalanx remained motionless.

After three hundred steps, the rear golden iron cavalry began to sprint, the conch horn sounded, and the cavalry on horseback picked up their strong bows.

There was a slight commotion in the Ming army phalanx.

After two hundred steps, hundreds of sharp arrows have already been set on the string, and the horse is as fast as the wind, unstoppable!
The archers and musketeers of the Ming army turned pale, and a few arrows flew out.The white-robed general shouted sharply: "Hold on! Hold on!"

After a hundred steps, the light arrows of the rear golden cavalry roared out!

The white-robed general shouted: "Hit!"

bang bang bang bang———

With the sound of hundreds of muskets scrambling for the first place, a puff of gunpowder smoke rose from the Ming army's phalanx, and even a large group of flames burst out-a dozen muskets exploded!The projectile came through the air, hit the iron armor, sparks came out, and the fast-moving iron cavalry let out a scream. Two or thirty people were kicked off their horses, and in a blink of an eye they were trampled into meatloaf.However, the light arrows shot by the Golden Cavalry also swept down a large area of ​​the Ming army's musketeers. The lack of armor became the Achilles' heel of this Ming army. Even light arrows could easily shoot through their bodies. However, seven 30 fell to the ground in all directions!
The white-robed general was also hit by an arrow, but the light arrow failed to penetrate his armor and hung on the armor leaf. He remained unmoved, his voice as cold and hard as rock: "Fire the arrow!"

Whoosh whoosh!

Thousands of archers fired arrows at the same time, and the rain of arrows was dense. Another group of Houjin cavalry were shot into hedgehogs.However, the effect of this rain of arrows is not as good as the musket volley just now. It is too scattered. Many archers are only equipped with hunting bows, and their bow strength is very poor. You can only tickle the enemies in armor. Some Houjin soldiers seemed to be fine after being hit by more than a dozen arrows.
Sixty steps!
The archers of the Ming army were still scrambling to draw a second arrow to aim at the cavalry. A wave of heavy arrows shot over, and there were screams one after another. Not to mention the archers, even the pikemen who were protected by shields fell down one after another.The heavy arrows were so powerful that they couldn't be blocked by the simple wooden shields in their hands. The armor-piercing heavy arrows easily shot through the wooden shields and pierced into the hands of the shield soldiers, causing them to jump up in pain, throwing The pikemen were exposed, and the heavy arrows roared in. Naturally, the pikemen would not have a good time. There were large and small gaps in the dense and neat forest of spears.The second wave of heavy arrows came, and there were more gaps. The Golden Cavalrymen were very satisfied with this. Although their physical strength was too high and they did not perform at their best level, the opponent's appalling armor rate gave them a chance to show off their marksmanship After several rounds of shooting, the Ming army had already suffered hundreds of casualties.Based on their experience, the Ming army will collapse immediately, and next, it's time for their sabers to drink blood.After shooting the arrow, they unanimously hung up their bows, drew their sabers, and prepared to kill.

However——the generals who have been on the battlefield hate this word the most. Once this word comes out, nothing good will happen. It turns out that although the phalanx of the Ming army has begun to be chaotic, it is far from the point of collapse!

Trouble!
The Golden Cavalry, who were so confident that they were almost blind, found out embarrassingly that they had pushed themselves into a predicament where they could not retreat: there were spears in front of them, and if they hit them, they would be pierced into candied haws [-]%; If you retreat, you will only bump into a ball with your own people, and you will die faster!what to do?
It can only be served cold, so now they are only thirty or forty steps away from the Ming army's phalanx, and it is too late to go around, so they can only watch helplessly as they bump into the clumps of clumps like everyone around them. long gun!Only now did they suddenly realize that the nomads had an iron law in their war against the Central Plains Dynasty, that is, "array without fighting". My head is bleeding!Victory after victory, the weakness of the Ming army made them forget this iron law, and they paid a heavy price for it!
The howling torrent crashed into the steel forest, and the long front line was turned on its back.The spear pierced through the body of the war horse, and the shocking force of the war horse twisted the barrel of the gun violently and hit the spearman. The screams of the soldiers, the grunts of the soldiers whose muscles were broken by the dying horses, and the noisy and chaotic sounds gave this chilling but passionate movement a thick color of blood.The Ming army on the city wall was stunned. Qi Hu shook his body and shouted: "Use pikemen to beat the cavalry? It's kind, it's kind!" The tragic scene made his blood boil, and he wished to lead a group of people out Kill him with joy!

Fortunately, at this time, the stone bars blocking the city gate had been removed, and Yang Menglong rushed out with his pitiful cavalry. It was not necessary for his old man to go into battle in person, so he could just watch the battle from the top of the city.

(End of this chapter)